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FORMS 


FOR  — 


Special  Assessments,  Illinois, 


Prepared  and  Compiled  by 

A.  H.  BAER.  ESQ.,  of  BELLEVILLE,  ILL. 


— FOR  THE  — 

National  Paving  Brick  JVlanu 
factors’  Association. 


NEWS-DEMOCRAT  PRINT, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 


This  work,  together  with  a short  treatise  on  Special 
Assessments,  written  by  the  same  author,  will  be  presented 
with  the  compliments  of  the  National  Paving  Brick  Manu- 
facturers’ Association  to  the  Municipalities  of  Illinois 
making  or  contemplating  Local  Improvements. 

Address  your  requests  to 

WILL  P.  BLAIR, 
Secretary  N.  P.  B.  M.  Ass’n, 

Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


\°J  OS 

TO  INTERESTED  MUNICIPAL  OFFICERS  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 


The  intricate  and  technical  nature  of  a procedure  un- 
der the  Illinois  Improvement  Laws,  has  often  been  the 
source  of  much  anxiety,  not  only  to  municipalities  making 
or  contemplating  local  improvements,  but  also  to  the  inter- 
ested contractors  and  material  men.  The  want  of  an 
authoritive  work  on  the  subject  and  the  lack  of  approved 
forms  covering  such  proceedings,  has  often  been  expressed 
and  lamented  by  interested  municipal  officers,  especially 
the  legal  representatives  and  engineering  departments. 

To  afford  a measure  of  relief  in  this  regard,  the  National 
Paving  Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  has  secured  the 
services  of  Mr.  A.  H.  Baer,  Corporation  Counsel  of  the  City 
of  Belleville,  Illinois,  whose  experience  and  success  in  the 
Special  Assessment  Practice  throughout  the  State,  has 
established  for  him  a reputation  as  an  authority  of  very 
high  standing  on  special  assessment  laws  and  procedure, 
and  has  peculiarly  qualified  him  for  the  task  of  preparing  a 
set  of  general  forms  relating  to  the  various  prescribed 
steps  in  the  procedure  involved  in  the  making  of  a local 
improvement  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 

In  appreciation  of  the  co-operation  and  assistance  ren- 
dered this  Association  by  the  various  Boards  of  Local  Im- 
provements and  municipal  engineers  in  this  State,  in  bring- 
ing to  the  attention  of  the  public  the  merits  of  vitrified 
brick  as  a paving  material ; and  to  influence,  to  the  greatest 
extent  possible,  the  proper  construction  of  brick  paved 
streets,  and  especially  the  use  of  the  number  one  specifica- 
tions as  adopted  and  used  by  this  Association  for  such  con- 
struction, so  as  to  attain  the  highest  degree  of  perfection 
in  the  pavement  and  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  municipali- 
ties and  credit  to  the  members  of  this  Association,  we  are 
glad  to  be  able  to  lay  before  you  such  a work,  with  our 
compliments. 

National  paving  brick  Manufacturers'  Association, 

By  Will  P.  Blair,  Secretary. 


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National  Paving  Brick  Manufacturers'  Association , Terre 

Haute , Ind.: 

Gentlemen  : — 

I beg  herewith  to  submit  to  you  a compilation  of  forms 
applicable  to  special  assessment  proceedings,  as  prescribed 
by  the  laws  of  this  State. 

While  it  is  true  that  many  other  forms  might  be  added, 
yet  it  appears  that  enough  may  be  found  herein  to  cover  all 
the  steps  prescribed  in  the  ordinary  case,  and  many  others 
which  occasion  may  make  necessary. 

In  the  presentation  of  these  forms,  it  is  not  expected 
that,  in  themselves,  they  will  infuse  a knowledge  of  the  sub- 
ject of  special  assessments,  or  will  guarantee  a faultless 
proceeding.  The  science  of  common  law  pleading  cannot 
be  acquired  alone  by  a familiarity  with  the  forms  furnished 
by  a Puterbaugh,  nor  can  a pleader  master  the  subject  by 
an  understanding  of  the  Practice  Act  alone. 

It  is  not  expected  that  the  use  of  these  forms  will  make 
unnecessary  the  special  study  of  the  law  relating  to  special 
assessments. 

On  the  other  hand,  their  use  must  be  associated  with 
especial  study  of  the  subject  by  the  legal  departments  of  the 
municipalities  in  which  they  are  used  and  a degree  of  care 
in  the  particular  case,  commensurate  with  the  difficulties 
which  the  subject  involves,  and  the  responsibilities  which 
rest  upon  the  various  municipal  departments,  must  at  all 
times  be  exercised. 

The  procedure  is  one  exceedingly  vulnerable  to  success- 
ful attack,  unless  it  is,  in  all  respects,  substantially  correct. 
And  if  successfully  assailed,  as  a general  rule,  causes  the 
greatest  embarrassment  to  the  municipality  and  the  deep- 
est mortification  and  humiliation  to  those  concerned  as  its 
proponents. 

Hence,  in  order  to  use  the  forms  here  given  under- 
standing^, so  that  the  proceedings  will  withstand  the  on- 


slaught  of  a determined  opposition,  a very  thorough  under- 
standing of  the  statutory  enactments  and  the  innumerable 
decisions  of  the  higher  Courts  of  this  State,  is  quite  neces- 
sary. 

It  may  be  said  generally,  that  each  improvement  pre- 
sents some  features  and  some  questions  which  are  peculiar 
to  it.  To  make  the  forms  here  given  sufficiently  general 
and  free  from  misleading  particularities,  the  forms  are  in 
some  instances  made  quite  general;  in  others  they  are  so 
drawn  as  to  be  specifically  applicable  to  particular  cases. 
In  their  application  to  a particular  proceeding  some  dis- 
criminating and  discerning  judgment  on  the  part  of  the 
practitioner  is  necessary. 

If  in  this  work  I shall  have  been  of  some  assistance  in 
steering  the  proceedings  under  this  act  into  the  right  chan- 
nel, I shall  feel  extremely  gratified  and  much  repaid. 

A.  H.  Baer. 

Belleville,  111.,  Jan.  23rd,  1908. 


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FORM  NO.  1. 


PETITION  OF  ABUTTING  PROPERTY  OWNERS  FOR  PAVING 
OF  ROADWAY. 


To  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

, III. 

Gentlemen 

We,  the  undersigned,  being  owners  of  more  than  one- 


half  of  the  property  abutting  on Street, 

in  the  City  of Illinois,  from 

to  

do  hereby  petition  your  Honorable  Body  to  improve  the 
roadway  of  said Street,  for  the 


distance  and  between  the  points  aforesaid,  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving  the  same  with  brick,  the  cost  of  said 
improvement  to  be  met  by  special  assessment  (or  special 
taxation)  : 

Name.  Number  of  Front  Feet. 


FORM  NO.  2. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF  PRIVATE  CORPORA- 
TION AUTHORIZING  SIGNING  OF  PETITION 
FOR  PAVING  OF  ROADWAY. 


Be  it  Resolved,  That .. a 

Corporation,  being  the  owner  of  property  abutting  on 


Street,  in  the  City  of 

Illinois,  hereby  authorizes as  its 

agent  and  attorney  in  fact,  for  it,  in  its  behalf  and  its 
name,  to  sign  a petition  for  the  improvement  of  said 

Street,  by  grading , curbing 

and  paving  the  roadway  of  the  same,  the  cost  and  expense 

of  said  improvement  to  be  met  by  special 

State  of  Illinois,  ) 

County  of  $ 

I,  being  Secretary  of  the 

a Corporation, 

do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  resolution  was  duly 
and  properly  passed  by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  said 

at  a meeting  of  said  Board 

of  Directors,  duly  and  properly  called  and  convened. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  said 

Company,  this day  of  190 . . . 

Secretary. 

("Corporate  Seal.,) 


FORM  NO.  3. 


POWER  OF  ATTORNEY  AUTHORIZING  AGENT  TO  SIGN 
PETITION  FOR  PAVING. 


I, being  owner  of  property 

fronting  on Street,  in  the  City  of 


, Illinois,  do  hereby  authorize 

for  me,  in  my  behalf  and 

name,  to  sign  a petition  for  the  improvement  of  said 
Street,  by  grading,  curbing  and  pav- 
ing the  roadway  thereof  with  brick,  the  cost  and  expense  of 
said  improvement  to  be  met  by  special  assessment  (or  taxa- 
tion) . 

IN  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal  this day  of 190.  .. 

(Seal.) 


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FORM  NO.  4. 


POWER  OF  ATTORNEY  AUTHORIZING  AGENT  TO  SIGN  PETITION 
FOR  CONSTRUCTION  OF  SEWER. 


I, being  the  owner  of  property 

fronting  on Street,  in  the  City  of 


Illinois,  do  hereby  authorize 

for  me,  in  my  behalf  and  in  my  name,  to  sign  a petition  for 
the  improvement  of  said Street,  by  con- 

structing therein  a sewer,  with  man-holes,  catch-basins, 
necessary  connections  and  appurtenances,  the  cost  and  ex- 
penses of  said  improvement  to  be  met  by  special  assess- 
ment (or  special  taxation). 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal  this day  of 190 . . . 

(Seal.) 


FORM  NO.  5. 


ORDINANCE  DESIGNATING  MEMBERS  OF  CITY  COUNCIL  AS 
MEMBERS  OF  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 


An  Ordinance  Designating 

Members  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  Who  Shall,  With  the  Mayor  of  Said  City,  Con- 
stitute the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  City. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

, Illinois: 

Section  1.  That and  

members  of  the  City  Council  of  this  City,  be  and  they  are 
hereby  designated  and  appointed  members  of  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  and  that  said 

with  the  Mayor  of  this  City,  constitute  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements  of  this  City. 

Sec.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage  and  approval. 


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FORM  NO.  6. 


ORDINANCE  CREATING  THE  OFFICE  OF  PUBLIC  ENGINEER. 


An  Ordinance  Creating  the  Office  of  Public  Engineer. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

, Illinois  (or  President  and  Board  of 

Trustees  of  the  Village  of , as  the 

case  may  be) : 

Section  1.  Public  Engineer — Term  of  Office . — That 
there  be  and  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  Public  Engineer 

of  the  City  of Illinois,  who  shall  hold 

his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until  his  successor 
shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

Sec.  2.  How  and  When  Appointed Said  Public  En- 

gineer shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  by  and  with  the 

advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council,  on  the day  of 

190 . . , or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be, 

and  annually  thereafter. 

Sec.  3.  Bond — Amount  of — He  shall,  before  assum- 
ing the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  city  officers,  and  shall  execute  a bond  to 

the  city  in  the  penal  sum  of Thousand 

Dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council, 
conditioned  upon  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office,  and  that  he  will  pay  all  moneys  and  deliver  over 
all  property  received  by  him  or  coming  into  his  possession 
to  the  proper  officers  of  this  city,  according  to  law  and  the 
ordinances  of  this  city. 

Sec.  4.  Duties  of  Engineer. — The  Public  Engineer 
shall  devote  his  entire  time  (or  as  much  of  his  time  as  may 
be  necessary)  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 
He  shall,  when  required  by  the  Mayor,  City  Council  or  any 
committee  thereof,  make  out  and  submit  plans,  estimates 
and  specifications  for  any  public  work  which  may  be  pro- 
posed or  ordered  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall  also,  by  vir- 
tue of  his  said  office,  be  a member  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements  of  this  city,  and  as  such  perform  all  such 
duties  as  may  be  enjoined  upon  him  by  law  or  required  by 
the  said  Board. 


Sec.  5.  Shall  Superintend  all  Public  Work — Make  Re- 
port, Etc — He  shall,  when  required  by  the  Mayor,  City 
Council  or  any  proper  officer  thereof,  and  as  often  as  may 
be  necessary,  examine  all  public  work  under  his  charge, 
and  see  that  the  same  is  properly  executed ; and  if  the  con- 
tractor thereafter  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  execute  such 
work  in  accordance  with  his  contract  and  specifications, 
said  Engineer  may  suspend  the  work  and  shall  thereupon 
report  the  facts  to  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  6.  Shall  Inspect,  Receive  and  Measure  Material 
— Audit  Bills , Etc — He  shall,  when  required,  receive,  in- 
spect and  measure  all  material  to  be  used  in  any  public  work 
of  the  city,  and  if  necessary,  shall  keep  an  accurate  account 
of  the  quantity  and  quality  of  the  same,  the  cost  thereof, 
from  whom  received  and  for  what  purpose  used,  or  to  be 
used;  and  shall  examine  all  bills  for  material  so  received  by 
him  or  in  connection  with  his  department,  and,  if  found 
correct,  shall  certify  same  to  the  City  Council  for  allow- 
ance. 

Sec.  7.  Shall  Mark  Grade , Etc He  shall,  without 

charge,  give  or  mark  the  grade  of  any  street  or  alley,  where 
established,  at  the  request  of  any  person  desiring  to  erect 
any  building  or  enclosure,  or  to  lay  any  sidewalk  thereon'. 
He  shall  make  all  surveys  within  and  for  said  city  that  he 
may  be  called  upon  to  make,  and  shall  employ  the  necessary 
chainmen  and  such  other  assistants  as  the  City  Council 
may  authorize. 

Sec.  8.  Shall  Keep  Plats  of  All  Surveys,  Etc. — Said 
Engineer  shall  keep  in  his  office,  plats  of  all  grades  or  boun- 
daries of  streets  and  alleys  established  by  the  City  Council, 
correcting  the  same  when  any  grade  shall  be  changed,  and 
adding  thereto  when  any  new  grade  or  boundary  shall  be 
established.  He  shall  also  keep  correct  surveys  of  all  public 
sewers  within  the  city,  showing  the  location,  length  and  di- 
mensions of  the  same,  respectively.  He  shall  record  in  a 
suitable  book,  to  be  provided  by  the  city,  the  profiles  of  all 
surveys  of  grades  and  boundaries  established,  and  preserve 
the  original  papers  relating  thereto,  and  shall  otherwise 
keep  a systematic  record  of  all  the  transactions  pertaining 
to  his  office. 


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Sec.  9.  Private  Drains  — Shall  Issue  Permits — 
Penalty — Any  person  wishing  to  connect  or  to  have  con- 
nected any  private  drain  or  sewer  with  any  public  sewer, 
shall  first  apply  to  and  obtain  a written  permit  from  the 
City  Engineer  therefor,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  prescribe 
the  mode  of  tapping  the  public  sewers,  the  size  of  the  open- 
ings therein,  and  the  materials  to  be  used  in  such  connec- 
tions. The  person  obtaining  such  permit  shall  present  the 
same  to  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  (or  to  such  other 
person  as  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  for  that  pur- 
pose), under  whose  direction  and  supervision  the  work  of 
making  such  sewer  connection  shall  be  done.  Whoever 
shall  violate  or  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  require- 
ments of  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  10.  Shall  Make  Annual  Report  for  Fiscal  Year. 
— The  City  Engineer  shall,  annually,  on  or  before  the  first 

in of  each  year,  make  out  and  submit  to  the 

City  Council,  a report,  showing  in  detail  the  public  works 
or  improvements  undertaken  or  completed  in  connection 
with  his  department  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  and 
the  cost  thereof  to  the  city. 

Sec.  11.  Records  of — Shall  be  Preseved. — Said  Engi- 
neer shall  carefully  preserve,  in  his  office,  all  plats  and  rec- 
ords of  surveys,  and  all  books,  maps  and  papers  pertaining 
thereto ; and  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his 
resignation  thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  he  shall,  on  de- 
mand, deliver  to  his  successor  in  office,  all  such  books,  plats, 
maps,  records  and  effects  of  every  description,  belonging  to 
the  city  or  appertaining  to  said  office. 

(Here  such  other  duties  as  may  be  desired  may  be 
imposed.) 

Sec.  12.  Compensation. — There  shall  be  paid  to  said 
Public  Engineer  as  salary  in  lieu  of  all  other  fees,  perqui- 
sites and  emoluments,  the  sum  of  $ per  annum,  pay- 

able in  equal  monthly  installments. 

Sec.  13.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and 
effect  from  and  after  its  passage  and  publication. 

SEC.  14.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict herewith  shall  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


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FORM  NO.  7. 


ORDINANCE  CREATING  OFFICE  OF  SUPERINTENDENT 
OF  STREETS. 


An  Ordinance  Creating  the  Office  of  Superintendent 
of  Streets. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  ( or  President  and  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Village,  as  the  caes  may  be)  of  the 

City  of , III.: 

Sec.  1.  Superintendent  of  Streets — Term  of  Office — 
That  there  be  and  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  Superin- 
tendent of  Streets  of  the  City  of , Illinois, 

who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until 
his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified. 

Sec.  2.  How  and  When  Appointed. — The  Superinten- 
dent of  Streets  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  by  and  with 

the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council  on  the 

day  of , 190.  .,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 

may  be,  and  annually  thereafter. 

Sec.  3.  Oath — Bond. — He  shall,  before  entering  up- 
on the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  city  officers,  and  shall  execute  a bond  to 

the  City  of in  the  penal  sum  of 

thousand  dollars,  with  such  sureties  as  the  City  Council 
shall  approve,  conditioned  upon  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  duties  of  his  office  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys 
and  the  turning  over  of  all  property  that  may  be  received 
by  him,  according  to  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  city,  to 
the  proper  officers  of  this  city. 

Sec.  4.  Duties — Repairs  and  Unsafe  Places. — Said 
Superintendent  shall  have  charge  of  the  improvement,  re- 
pairing and  cleaning  of  all  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the 
city,  and  shall  supervise  the  construction  and  repair  of  all 
sidewalks  therein;  but  no  improvement  or  repairs,  except 
such  as  may  be  immediately  necessary,  shall  be  made  by 
him  without  the  previous  order  of  the  City  Council.  He 
shall,  without  delay,  cause  all  unsafe  places  in  any  street  or 
alley,  bridge,  culvert,  and  all  other  unsafe  public  places,  to 


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be  repaired,  and  report  the  cost  thereof  to  the  City  Council 
for  allowance. 

Sec.  5.  Shall  Enforce  Ordinances He  shall  cause 

all  ordinances  in  relation  to  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  to 
be  enforced,  and  shall  prosecute  all  persons  for  violations 
thereof.  He  shall  carry  into  effect  all  such  orders,  general 
or  special,  as  he  may  receive  from  the  City  Council,  the 
Mayor,  or  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  and  for  any 
wilful  neglect  or  refusal  to  perform  any  duty  required  of 
him  by  the  laws  or  ordinances  of  said  city,  he  shall  be  lia- 
ble to  removal  from  office. 

Sec.  6.  Shall  Clean  Streets  and  Alleys  Annually  and 
Recommend  Improvements. — He  shall,  annually,  in  the 
spring  of  the  year,  under  the  direction  of  the  Committee 
on  Streets  and  Alleys,  cause  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys, 
where  needed,  to  be  cleaned  and  the  gutters  opened,  and 
shall,  as  far  as  it  is  practicable,  keep  them  in  that  condition* 
during  the  year.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  the 
sewrers,  culverts,  bridges,  crosswalks  and  sidewalks,  and  re- 
port the  condition  of  the  same  to  the  City  Council,  and 
recommend  such  improvements  or  repairs  as  he  may  deem 
necessary. 

Sec.  7.  May  Employ  Laborers , Teams , Etc. — Shall 
Superintend  Same — Shall  Supervise  Connections  of  Sew- 
ers, Etc. — He  may,  by  authority  of  the  City  Council,  em- 
ploy such  numbers  of  laborers,  teams  and  carts  as  shall  be 
necessary  for  cleaning  and  repairing  the  streets  and  alleys, 
and  at  such  prices  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council,  not 
exceeding  the  customary  rates  paid  by  others  for  similar 
labor  or  service.  He  shall  oversee  and  direct  the  street 
laborers  and  workmen,  and  require  them  to  labor  faith- 
fully, and  shall  keep,  in  a suitable  book,  a correct  account 
of  their  time.  He  shall  also  supervise  all  connections  of 
private  drains  or  sewers  with  the  public  sewers,  and  shall 
see  that  the  same  are  made  in  such  manner  that  no  injury 
is  done  to  the  public  sewers. 

Sec.  8.  To  Keep  List  of  Tools — Shall  Turn  Over  to 
Successor. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets  to  keep  a correct  list  of  all  implements,  materials 
and  other  property  of  the  city,  in  his  charge  or  possession ; 


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and  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  resig- 
nation thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  he  shall  deliver  said 
property  to  his  successor  in  office,  taking  a receipt  there- 
for, which  he  shall  immediately  file  with  the  City  Clerk, 
who  shall  credit  him  with  the  same,  and  charge  his  succes- 
sor therewith. 

Sec.  9.  Member  of  Board  of  Local  Improvements. — 
He  shall,  by  virtue  of  his  said  office,  be  a member  of  the 
Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  this  city,  and  as  such  per- 
form all  such  duties  as  may  be  enjoined  upon  him  by  law  or 
required  by  said  Board. 

Sec.  10.  Make  Monthly  Report  to  Council. — Said 
Superintendent  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  and 
every  month,  report  to  the  City7'  Council  in  writing,  a state- 
ment of  all  expenditures  under  his  supervision  during  the 
preceding  month,  specifying  the  purpose  of  such  expendi- 
tures, and  the  different  wards  in  which  made,  and,  if  re- 
quired, the  persons  to  whom  made.  No  account  presented 
or  certified  by  him  shall  be  allowed,  or  warrant  issued 
thereon,  unless  it  shall  be  so  rendered  as  to  show  to  what 
account  and  ward  it  is  chargeable. 

Sec.  11.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  ef- 
fect from  and  after  its  passage  and  approval. 

Sec.  12.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 


FORM  NO.  8. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS 
ORIGINATING  SCHEME. 


BRICK  PAVING  IMPROVEMENT. 

Be  it  Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 

of  the  City  of Illinois,  That  there  be 

constructed  on  and  along Street,  from 

to in  said 

city,  a local  improvement,  as  follows : 


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That  the  roadway  of Street,  for  the 

distance  and  between  the  points  aforesaid,  and  the  roadway 
of  all  intersecting  streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  por- 
tion of  said Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof,  shall  be  improved  by  grading , curbing 
and  paving  the  same.  (Here  set  out  a general  description 
of  the  nature,  character  and  extent  of  the  improvement, 
such  as  kind  and  character  of  material  to  be  used  in  curb- 
ing and  paving,  width  of  paving,  manner  of  construction 
and  the  like.) 

The  estimate  of  the  cost  of  this  improvement,  as  com- 
piled and  ascertained  by,  and  certified  over  the  signature 
of  the  (Engineer  or  President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements, as  the  case  may  be),  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  approved  and  ordered  made  a part  of  the  record  of 
this  resolution. 

Be  it  further  Resolved,  That  this  Board  fix 

the day  of , A.  D.  190.  .,  at  the. 

hour  of o’clock.  . .M.  (not  less  than  ten  days  after 

adoption  of  resolution),  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements  of  this  city  (or  any  other  place  in  the  muni- 
cipality agreed  upon  by  the  Board),  as  the  time  and  place 
for  the  public  consideration  of  the  said  proposed  improve- 
ment. 

Be  it  further  Resolved,  That  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  of  such  public  consideration,  be  prepared  and  mailed 
in  manner  provided  by  law. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  this  resolution  be  at  once 
transcribed  upon  the  records  of  this  Board. 


FORM  NO.  9. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS 
ORIGINATING  SCHEME. 


SEWER  IMPROVEMENT. 

Be  it  Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of , Illinois,  That  there  be 

constructed  in  and  along Street,  from 


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to , in  said  city,  a 

local  improvement  as  follows: 

That  there  shall  be  constructed  in  and  along 

Street,  for  the  distance  and  between  the  points  aforesaid, 
a sewer,  with  man-holes,  catch-basins  and  necessary 
connections.  Said  sewer  shall  be  cylindrical  in  form,  etc. 
(Here  set  out  general  description,  nature,  extent  and  char- 
acter of  improvement.) 

The  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said  improvement,  as  com- 
piled and  ascertained  by,  and  certified  over  the  signature 
of  the  (Engineer  or  President  of  the  Board,  as  the  case  may 
be) , be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved  and  ordered  made  a 
part  of  the  record  of  this  resolution. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  this  Board  fix 

the day  of , A.  D.  190.  .,  at  the 

hour  of o’clock.  . . .M.  (not  less  than  ten  days  after 

adoption  of  resolution),  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements  of  this  city  (or  any  other  place  in  the  muni- 
cipality agreed  upon  by  the  Board),  as  the  time  and  place 
for  the  public  consideration  of  the  proposed  improvement. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  of  such  public  consideration,  be  prepared  and  mailed 
in  manner  as  prescribed  by  law. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  this  resolution  be  at  once 
transcribed  upon  the  records  of  this  Board. 


FORM  NO.  10. 


ESTIMATE  OF  THE  COST  TO  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL 
IMPROVEMENTS. 


111., , 190.  .. 

To  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 
, III. : 

Gentlemen: — I do  hereby  certify  that  the  estimate  of 
the  cost  of  the  local  improvement  of. 

Street,  from to 

Street,  in  the  City  of 


, including 


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labor,  material  and  the  lawful  expenses  attending  the 

same,  is  the  sum  of Dollars, 

itemized  as  follows: 

(The  cost  may  be  itemized  as  follows:) 

| Dollars  | Cents 

square  yards  of  vitrified  brick 

paving  on cement  concrete,  foun- 

dation six  inches  thick,  with  a sand 

cushion  two  inches  thick  and  a 

cement  grout  filler,  surface  dressed  with 
one-half  inch  of  sand,  complete  in  place, 

at per  square  yard 

lineal  feet  of expan- 
sion joint  between  curbing  and  wearing 
surface  on  both  sides  of  the  paving  one 
inch  in  width,  complete  in  place,  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  of curbing 

set  on , complete  in  place,  at 

per  lineal  foot 

cubic  yards  excavating,  grading 

and  preparing  sub-grade,  at per 

cubic  yard 

(Add  other  substantial  component  ele- 
ments of  improvement,  if  any.) 

Vitrified  clay  pipe  sewer,  including 

inch  “Y”  branches  and  all  necessary  fit- 
tings and  cementing  joints  with 

cement  mortar,  complete  in  place,  as 
follows : 

lineal  feet  6-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  8-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  10-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  12-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot j 

lineal  feet  15-inch  sewrer  pipe  at  | 

per  lineal  foot j | 


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lineal  feet  18-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  20-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  22-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  24-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  27-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  30-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

lineal  feet  36-inch  sewer  pipe  at 

per  lineal  foot 

cubic  yards  excavating ....  refill- 

ing  sewer  trenches,  at per  cubic 

yard  

brick  man-holes,  complete  with 

castiron  covers,  at each  

brick  catch-basins,  complete 

with  castiron  covers,  at each  .... 

(And  so  on  itemize  every  substantial 
component  element  of  the  improve- 
ment.) 

Court  costs  and  necessary  lawful  ex- 
penses   

TOTAL  

(Signed)  

of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

. . . , Illinois. 


FORM  NO.  11. 


MINUTES  OF  THE  MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVE- 
MENTS ADOPTING  RESOLUTION. 


Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

, Illinois,  held  at  its  office  this 

....,  190... 


day  of 


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Present  , President,  and 

and , members. 

Mr offered  the  following  resolution 


and  moved  its  adoption,  which  motion  being  seconded,  was 
unanimously  carried. 

(Here  copy  of  resolution.) 

The  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  improvement  contem- 
plated by  said  resolution,  prepared  by  the 

(and  in  said  resolution  referred  to  and  approved)  or  (on 
motion  approved  by  said  Board  and  itemized  to  its  satisfac- 
tion), is  as  follows: 

(Here  copy  estimate.) 

Thereupon  the  meeting  adjourned. 

President. 


Secretary. 


FORM  NO.  12. 


FORM  NOTICE  FOR  PUBLIC  HEARING. 


, 111.,.  . 190.  .. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of , adopted  a 


resolution  that  a local  improvement  be  made  in  the  City  of 
, Illinois,  as  follows: 

That  (here  set  out  substance  of  resolution,  descriptive 
of  improvement). 

That  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  said  proposed  im- 
provement is  as  follows:  (Here  set  out  items  of  estimate.) 
That  in  and  by  said  resolution,  the  said  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements has  fixed the day  of 

, 190.  .,  at o’clock.  . . .M.,  at  its 

office  (or  other  place  fixed  in  the  resolution),  in  said  city, 
as  the  tmie  and  place  for  the  public  consideration  of  the 
proposed  improvement. 

The  extent,  nature,  kind,  character  and  estimated  cost 
of  said  proposed  improvement,  may  be  changed  by  said 
Board  at  the  said  public  consideration,  as  provided  by  law. 


All  persons  desiring  to  be  heard,  will  then  be  heard 
on  the  subject  of  the  necessity  for  the  said  proposed  im- 
provement, the  nature  thereof,  and  the  cost  as  estimated. 


Board  of  Local  Improvements 111. 

FORM  NO.  13. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  MAILING  NOTICES  OF  PUBLIC  HEARING. 


State  of  Illinois,  ] 

County  of  f-ss. 

City  of  J 

This  affiant,  being 

first  duly  sworn  on  oath,  deposes  and  says:  That  under 

the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the 

City  of  , Illinois,  he 

sent  by  mail,  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190.  .,  postage  prepaid,  directed  to  the  persons  who  paid 
the  general  taxes  for  the  last  preceding  year  on  each  lot, 
block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land,  fronting  on  the  line  of  the 

proposed  improvement  of Street,  from 

to , a notice 

of  the  time  and  place  of  the  public  hearing  of  said  proposed 
improvement  before  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  of 
which  notice  the  following  is  substantially  a copy : 

(Here  copy  or  attach  notice.) 

Affiant  further  on  oath  says  that  he  made  a careful  ex- 
amination of  the  books  of  the  Collector,  showing  the  pay- 
ment of  general  taxes  during  the  last  preceding  year  upon 
the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  fronting  on  said 
proposed  improvement,  and  the  said  notices  were  sent  as 
aforesaid,  to  the  persons  he  thus  found  to  have  paid  the 
said  general  taxes  on  said  respective  lots,  blocks,  tracts  or 
parcels  of  land  fronting  on  said  proposed  improvement. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  this dav  of 

190.  .. 


> * 


Notary  Public. 


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FORM  NO.  14. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS  ADHERING 
TO  THE  PROPOSED  SCHEME. 


WHEREAS,  On  evidence  submitted,  this  Board  finds  that 
notices  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  public  consideration  of 
the  proposed  improvement  of  (here  describe  improvement 
sufficiently  to  identify  it),  as  provided  for  and  contem- 
plated in  and  by  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  at  its 

meeting  held  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190.  .,  have  been  sent  by  mail  in  manner  and  form  pre- 
scribed by  statute. 

And  Whereas,  This  Board  finds  that  all  steps  by  law 
required  have  been  taken  in  manner  by  law  required  and 
that  it  has  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  the  premises; 
therefore 

Be  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 

of  the  City  of , Illinois,  that  it  adhere  to 

the  proposed  scheme  for  the  improvement  above  mention- 
ed, as  originally  provided  for  in  and  by  the  resolution 
aforementioned,  and  that  the  local  improvement  as  therein 
contemplated  be  made. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  City  Attorney  (or 
any  other  qualified  officer)  prepare  an  ordinance  providing 
for  said  proposed  improvement  in  accordance  herewith, 
and  that  such  ordinance  be  submitted  to  the  City  Council 

of  the  said  City  of together 

with  the  recommendation  of  this  Board. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  (Engineer  or  Presi- 
dent of  this  Board,  as  the  case  may  be),  prepare  over  his 
signature,  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said  proposed  improve- 
ment as  originally  contemplated,  itemized  and  certified  as 
required  by  law. 


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FORM  NO.  15. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  ABANDONING  THE  SCHEME  FOR  THE 
PROPOSED  IMPROVEMENT. 


Be  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 
that  the  proposed  scheme  for  the  improvement  of  (here 
designate  improvement)  as  contemplated  by  the  resolution 

of  this  Board,  adopted  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  . , be  and  the  same  is  hereby  abandoned. 


FORM  NO.  16. 


RESOLUTION  CHANGING,  ALTERING  OR  MODIFYING  THE 
PROPOSED  SCHEME. 


Whereas,  On  evidence  submitted,  this  Board  finds 
that  notices  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  public  considera- 
tion of  the  proposed  improvement  of  (here  describe  im- 
provement sufficiently  to  identify  it),  as  provided  for  and 
contemplated  in  and  by  the  resolution  adopted  by  this 

Board  at  its  meeting  held  on  the day  of , 

A.  D.  190.  .,  have  been  sent  by  mail  in  manner  and  form 
prescribed  by  statute. 

And  Whereas,  This  Board  finds  that  all  steps  by  law 
required  have  been  taken  in  manner  by  law  required  and 
that  it  has  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  the  premises. 

And  Wpiereas,  This  Board  considers  it  most  desirable 
that  the  extent  (or  kind,  nature,  character  or  estimated 
cost,  as  the  case  may  be) , of  the  proposed  scheme  for  the 
said  proposed  improvement  as  provided  for  in  the  said 
resolution  adopted  by  this  Board,  be  changed  (altered  or 
modified,  as  the  case  may  be)  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Therefore , he  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of , Illinois,  that 

the  above  mentioned  improvement  be  made  pursuant  to 
the  resolution  heretofore  adopted  by  this  Board,  and  here- 
inbefore referred  to,  and  that  said  resolution,  with  the 


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changes  hereinafter  prescribed  for,  be  adhered  to.  That 
the  extent  (or  nature,  kind,  character  or  estimated  cost,  as 
the  case  may  be),  of  the  said  proposed  scheme,  for  the  said 
proposed  improvement,  be  changed  (altered  or  modified,  as 
the  case  may  be),  as  follows,  to-wit:  (Here  set  out  chang- 

es, alterations  or  modifications,  by  a general  description). 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  City  Attorney  (or 
any  other  qualified  officer)  prepare  an  ordinance  providing 
for  said  proposed  improvement  in  accordance  herewith, 
and  that  such  ordinance  be  submitted  to  the  City  Council 

of  said  City  of , together 

with  the  recommendation  of  this  Board. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  (Engineer  or  Presi- 
dent of  this  Board,  as  the  case  may  be),  prepare  over  his 
signature,  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said  proposed  improve- 
ment as  changed  (altered  or  modified)  as  above  provided, 
itemized  and  certified  as  required  by  law. 


FORM  NO.  17. 


RESOLUTION  WHERE  CHANGE  OF  PROPOSED  SCHEME  INCREAS- 
ES THE  ESTIMATED  COST  OF  THE  IMPROVEMENT 
MORE  THAN  TWENTY  PER  CENT. 


Whereas,  On  evidence  submitted,  this  Board  finds 
that  notices  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  public  considera- 
tion of  the  proposed  improvement  of  (here  describe  im- 
provement sufficiently  to  identify  it),  as  provided  for  and 
contemplated  in  and  by  the  resolution  adopted  by  this 

Board  at  its  meeting  held  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  .,  have  been  sent  by  mail  in  manner  and  form 
prescribed  by  statute. 

And  Whereas,  This  Board  finds  that  all  steps  by  law 
required,  have  been  taken  in  manner  by  law  required  and 
that  it  has  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  the  premises. 

And  Whereas,  This  Board  considers  it  most  desirable 
that  the  extent  (or  nature,  kind,  character  or  estimated 
cost,  as  the  case  may  be)  of  the  proposed  scheme  for  the 
said  proposed  improvement  as  provided  for  in  the  said 


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resolution  adopted  by  this  Board,  be  changed  (altered  or 
modified,  as  the  case  may  be)  in  manner  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

Therefore  he  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of , Illinois,  that 

the  above  mentioned  improvement  be  made  pursuant  to 
the  resolution  heretofore  adopted  by  this  Board  and  here- 
inabove referred  to,  except  that  the  extent  (or  nature,  kind, 
character  or  estimated  cost,  as  the  case  may  be)  of  the  said 
proposed  scheme  for  the  said  proposed  improvement  be 
changed  (altered  or  modified,  as  the  case  may  be),  as  fol- 
lows, to-wit:  (Here  describe  changes,  alterations  or  modi- 

fications in  a general  way.)  And  it  appearing  that  the  es- 
timate of  the  cost  of  said  improvement,  by  reason  of  the 
changes  (alterations  or  modifications),  will  be  increased 
more  than  twenty  per  cent. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  a further  public  hearing 
be  had  upon  the  proposed  scheme  for  the  making  of  the 
said  proposed  improvement  as  herein  changed  (altered  or 

modified),  and  that  this  Board  fix the 

day  of , 190.  .,  at  the  hour  of o’clock 

...  .M.,  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 
of  this  City  (or  any  other  place  agreed  upon  by  the  Board) , 
as  the  time  and  place  for  the  further  public  consideration 
of  the  proposed  improvement. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  notices  of  the  time  and 
place  of  such  further  public  consideration  be  prepared  and 
sent  by  mail  as  provided  by  law. 


FORM  NO.  18. 


RESOLUTION  ADHERING  TO  PROPOSED  SCHEME  AT  “FURTHER 
PUBLIC  HEARING. 


Whereas,  On  evidence  submitted,  this  Board  finds 
that  notices  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  further  public 
consideration  of  the  proposed  improvement  of  (here  de- 
scribe improvement  sufficiently  to  identify  it) , as  provided 
for  and  contemplated  in  and  by  the  resolution  adopted  by 


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this  Board  at  its  meeting  held  on  the ....  day  of , 

A.  D.  190.  .,  have  been  sent  by  mail  in  manner  and  form 
prescribed  by  statute. 

And  Whereas,  This  Board  finds  that  all  steps  by  law 
required  have  been  taken  in  manner  by  law  required,  and 
that  it  has  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  the  premises. 

Therefore  he  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of , Illinois,  that 

this  Board  adhere  to  the  proposed  scheme  for  the  improve- 
ment above  mentioned,  provided  for  in  and  by  its  resolu- 
tion adopted  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190.  .,  as  changed  (altered  or  modified)  by  its  resolution 

adopted  on  the day  of , A.  D.  190.  ., 

and  that  said  improvement  as  contemplated  in  said  resolu- 
tions be  made. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  City  Attorney  (or  any 
other  qualified  officer)  prepare  an  ordinance  providing  for 
said  proposed  improvement  in  accordance  herewith,  and 
that  such  ordinance  be  submitted  to  the  City  Council  of 

the  said  City  of together 

with  the  recommendation  of  this  Board. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  (Engineer  or  Presi- 
dent of  this  Board,  as  the  case  may  be)  prepare  over  his 
signature,  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said  proposed  improve- 
ment as  herein  contemplated,  and  itemized  and  certified  as 
required  by  law. 


FORM  NO.  19. 


MINUTES  OF  MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVE- 
MENTS— PUBLIC  HEARING. 

OFFICE  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 

Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  held  at 

its  office  on  the day  of 

190 . . , at  the  hour  of ...  . o'clock . . . . M. 

Present President,  and 

Members. 


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Meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President  for  the 
purpose  of  hearing  the  representations  of  all  persons  desir- 
ing to  be  heard  on  the  subject  of  the  necessity  for  the  pro- 
posed improvement  of  (here  designate  improvement),  the 
nature  thereof,  and  the  cost  as  estimated,  pursuant  to  the 
resolution  heretofore  adopted  by  this  Board  at  its  meeting 
held  on  the day  of 190.  .. 

All  persons  desiring  to  be  heard,  having  been  heard, 
the  following  resolution  was  presented  and  unanimously 
(or  if  not  unanimously,  then  state  facts),  adopted,  to- wit: 
(Here  copy  resolution.) 

Thereupon,  on  motion,  meeting  adjourned. 



President. 


Secretary. 


FORM  NO.  20. 

ESTIMATE  OF  THE  COST  TO  CITY  COUNCIL. 


111., 190.  .. 

To  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  and  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of Illinois: 


Gentlemen: — I do  hereby  certify  that  the  estimate  of 
the  cost  of  the  local  improvement  of  ...  


as  directed  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 
of  said  city,  all  of  which  are  embodied  in  the  draft  of  an 
ordinance  hereto  attached,  including  labor,  material  and  all 
other  lawful  expenses  attending  the  same,  is  the  sum  of 

Dollars,  itemized  as  follows : 

(Here  itemize — See  Form  No.  10.) 

I do  further  certify  that  in  my  opinion,  the  said  esti- 
mate does  not  exceed  the  probable  cost  of  said  improve- 
ment proposed  and  the  lawful  expenses  attending  the  same. 


of  Board  of  Local  Improvements. 


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FORM  NO.  21. 


MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS  APPROVING 
ESTIMATE  AND  ORDINANCE. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 

Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

, Illinois,  on  the day  of 

, A.  D.  190.  .,  at  the  hour  of 

o’clock.  . . .M. 

Present , President,  and  

Members. 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced  and,  on  mo- 
tion of , was  unanimously  adopted: 

“Be  it  Resolved , That  the  draft  of  an  ordinance  pro- 
viding for  the  improvement  of 

from to 

together  with  the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof,  prepared  by 

the of  this  Board,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 

approved  and  ordered  transmitted  to  the  City  Council  of 
the  City  of Illinois,  with  the  recom- 

mendation of  this  Board.” 

Therupon  meeting  adjourned. 

President. 

Secretary. 


FORM  NO.  22. 


RECOMMENDATION  OF  ORDINANCE  BY  BOARD  OF 
LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 

, 111., , 190.  .. 

To  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

Illinois : 

Gentlemen: — The  Board  of  Local  Improvements  here- 
with transmits  to  your  Honorable  Body  a draft  of  an  ordi- 


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nance  entitled,  “An  Ordinance 

which  said  Board  caused  to  be  prepared,  for  the  local  im- 


provement of Street,  from 

Street  to Street,  by  (here  state  nature 


of  improvement). 

The  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  hereby  recom- 
mends to  your  Honorable  Body  the  making  of  said  improve- 
ment in  extent,  nature,  character,  locality  and  description 
as  set  forth  in  said  draft  of  ordinance  herewith  transmit- 
ted, and  also  recommends  to  your  Honorable  Body  the  pas- 
sage of  said  ordinance. 

The  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  also  herewith 
transmits  to  your  Honorable  Body  an  estimate  of  the  cost 
of  said  improvement  as  finally  determined  upon  by  said 
Board  and  provided  for  in  said  draft  of  ordinance  herewith 
transmitted. 

Respectfully  submitted, 


Board  of  Local  Improvements,  City  of 111. 


FORM  NO.  23. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  PAVING — INSTALLMENTS — BONDS 
— SPECIAL  ASSESSMENTS. 


ORDINANCE  NO. 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of , Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of  Street  from 

to , by  Grading,  Curbing  and 

Paving. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
, III: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 


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within  the  City  of , Illinois,  the 

nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said 
improvement  is  as  follows,  to-wit : 

That  the  roadway  of Street,  in 

the  City  of from 

to , and  also  the  roadway  of  all  inter- 

secting streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  portion  of  said 

Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof  (except  at  the  intersection  of 

Street),  be  and  the  same  is  ordered  improved  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving,  as  follows : 

(Here  set  out  a detailed  description  of  the  extent, 
nature,  character  and  locality  of  the  improvement  so  that 
the  ordinance  itself  contains  sufficient  specifications  to 
make  it  susceptible  of  fair  and  uniform  competition  when 
bids  are  invited  thereon.) 

(Among  other  things,  the  ordinance  shall  contain  full 
and  complete  specifications  relating  to  width  of  roadways, 
curbing,  gutters,  grade  of  the  roadway  and  curb,  datum 
plane,  grading,  excavating  and  filling,  including  foundation 
of  pavement  and  ingredients,  such  as  cement,  sand,  broken 
stone,  mixing  and  laying  concrete,  sand  cushion,  bricks  for 
paving,  filler,  expansion  joints,  or,  if  a composite  is  speci- 
fied, then  the  nature  and  character  of  the  composite  and  in- 
gredient materials,  foundation  or  base  for  curbing,  and 
other  parts  of  the  improvement;  in  short,  a complete  specifi- 
cation of  all  the  constituent  and  elementary  parts  of  the 
improvement.) 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of , provid- 

ing for  said  improvement,  together  with  the  estimate  of  the 

cost  thereof,  made  by  the of  said  Board, 

both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

Sec.  3.,  That  the  said  improvement  herein  provided 
for,  and  the  whole  cost  of  said  improvement,  including  the 

sum  of Dollars  ($ ),  being  the 

amount  included  in  the  estimate  of  the  said 

hereto  attached,  as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collect- 
ing the  assessment  herein,  be  paid  for  by  special  assess- 
ment to  be  levied  upon  the  property  specially  benefited  to 
the  amount  that  the  same  may  be  legally  assessed  therefor, 


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in  accordance  with  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Im- 
provements,” approved  June  14th,  1897,  and  amendments 
thereto;  and  the  remainder  of  such  cost  and  expenses  be 
paid  by  general  taxation,  and  that  the  said  sum  of 

$ shall  be  applied  towards  the  cost  of 

making,  levying  and  collecting  such  assessment,  as  pro- 
vided by  said  act  of  said  General  Assembly,  and  the  amend- 
ments thereto. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  aggregate  amount  herein  ordered  to 
be  assessed  against  the  property  and  also  the  assessment 
against  each  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land  therein  as- 
sessed, shall  be  divided  into installments  in  the 

maimer  provided  for  by  the  statute  in  such  cases  made  and 
provided,  and  each  of  said  installments  shall  bear  interest 
at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum,  according  to  law. 

Sec.  5.  That  for  the  purpose  of  anticipating  the  col- 
lection of  the  aforesaid  second  and  succeeding  installments 

provided  for  in  this  ordinance,  the  said  City  of 

shall  issue  bonds,  payable  out  of  said  installments,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum,  payable 
annually,  and  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  of  said 
city,  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city ; said  bonds  to  be 
issued  in  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  each, 
or  some  multiple  thereof,  and  shall  be  issued  in  accord- 
ance with  and  shall  in  all  respects  conform  to  the 
provisions  of  the  said  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Im- 
provements,^” approved  June  14th,  1897,  and  amendments 
thereto. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  City  Attorney  (or  Corporation 

Counsel)  of  the  City  of , be  and  he  is 

hereby  directed  to  file  a petition  in  the  name  of  the  City  of 

, in  the.  Court  of 

County,  Illinois,  praying  that  steps  be  taken  to  levy  a speci- 
al assessment  for  said  improvement,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  and  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Illinois. 


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Sec.  7.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

FORM  NO.  23A. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  BRICK  PAVEMENT  ON  GRAVEL  OR 
BROKEN  STONE,  PORTLAND  CEMENT  CONCRETE  BASE, 

AND  PORTLAND  CEMENT  FILLER. 


This  form  contains  the  number  one  specifications  and 
directions  for  the  construction  of  vitrified  brick  pavements, 
which  are  drawn  from  the  experience  and  practice  of  emi- 
nent engineers,  and  have  been  adopted  by  the  National 
Paving  Brick  Manufacturers'  Association.  They  are  recom- 
mended by  that  association  as  the  best  known  construction, 
with  the  assurance  that  a strict  compliance  therewith,  will 
produce  the  best  results  and  attain  the  highest  degree  of 
efficiency  from  every  point  of  consideration,  especially  dur- 
ability, sanitation  and  safety. 

The  relative  smoothness  of  this  construction,  in  con- 
nection with  the  expansion  cushion  and  a two-inch  sand 
cushion  (the  function  of  the  former  being  to  provide  for  the 
expansion  of  the  brick  and  always  insure  absolute  contact 
of  the  brick  with  the  sand  cushion,  and  of  the  latter  to  liter- 
ally act  as  a cushion , receiving  the  vibration  of  impact  and 
deadening  the  sound,  thereby  eliminating  objectionable 
noise) , are  commendable  features. 


ORDINANCE  No 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of  Street  from 

to , by  Grading,  Curbing  and 

Paving. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

, III: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 


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made  within  the  City  of Illinois,  the 

nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said 
improvement  is  as  follows,  to-wit : 

That  the  roadway  of Street,  in 


said  City  of from 

to , and  also  the  roadways  of  all  inter- 


secting streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  portion  of  said 

Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof  ( except  at  the  intersection  of 

Street ),  be  and  the  same  are  ordered  improved  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving,  as  follows : 

(Here  set  out  a detailed  description  of  the  extent  and 
locality  of  the  improvement,  together  with  full  and  com- 
plete specifications  relating  to  width  of  roadways,  curbing, 
marginal  curb,  gutters,  grade  of  roadway  and  curb,  datum 
plane  and  other  matters  not  included  herein.) 

The  roadway  herein  provided  to  be  improved  shall  be 
brought  to  the  subgrade  by  excavating  or  filling,  as  the  case 
may  be.  The  cross-section  shall  conform  in  every  respect  to 
the  cross-section  of  the  pavement  when  completed,  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  rolled  with  a roller  weighing  not  less 
than  five  (5)  tons,  and  all  places  that  cannot  be  rolled  as 
above  required  shall  be  thoroughly  tamped. 

Earth  in  excavation  shall  be  removed  to  within  two 
(2)  inches  of  the  grade,  then  brought  to  the  sub-grade  with 
the  roller.  If  the  earth  is  too  hard  to  receive  compression 
through  the  roller,  then  the  remaining  inches  shall  be  loos- 
ened with  a pick  and  carted  away. 

Earth  in  embankment  shall  be  applied  in  layers  of 
eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness  and  each  layer  thoroughly 
rolled.  Whenever  soft  clay  or  spongy  ground  is  developed 
in  sub-grade  that  will  not  compact  under  the  roller,  it  shall 
be  loosened  and  excavated  and  filled  with  suitable  material, 
and  then  rolled  or  rammed  before  the  concrete  foundation 
is  laid. 

All  sidewalks  injured  or  disturbed  in  the  construction 
of  the  improvement  herein  provided,  shall  be  replaced  or 
restored  as  nearly  as  may  be  to  their  original  condition. 

On  the  sub-grade,  as  above  prepared,  there  shall  be 
placed  a layer  of  Portland  cement  concrete  six  (6)  inches 
in  thickness  when  tamped.  The  concrete  shall  be  composed 


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of  one  (1)  part  Portland  cement,  three  (3)  parts  clean, 
sharp  sand  and  six  (6)  parts  of  broken,  hard  ledge  lime- 
stone, free  of  all  refuse  and  foreign  matter,  with  no  frag- 
ment larger  than  will  pass  through  a two  (2)  inch  ring  and 
none  smaller  than  one  (1)  inch  in  their  longest  dimension. 
The  sand  and  cement  shall  be  mixed  to  a plastic  mass,  fluid 
enough  to  rapidly  subside  when  attempted  to  heap  into  a 
cone  shape.  To  this  mixture  shall  be  added  the  stone  as 
above  described,  and  the  whole  mass  turned  over  not  less 
than  three  (3)  times,  upon  a board  or  by  a machine  pro- 
vided for  such  purpose,  until  every  fragment  is  thoroughly 
coated  with  the  cement  mixture.  It  shall  then  be  spread 
and  thoroughly  compacted  by  ramming  until  free  mortar 
appears  on  the  surface.  The  surface  of  said  layer  of  con- 
crete shall  be  parallel  to  and  six  (6)  inches  below  the  sur- 
face of  the  finished  pavement. 

The  cement  shall  be  the  best  Portland  cement,  deliv- 
ered on  the  work  in  original  packages  and  branded  with  the 
name  of  the  manufacturer. 

Upon  the  concrete  foundation  shall  be  spread  a layer 
of  coarse,  clean  sand  two  (2)  inches  thick  before  the  com- 
pression of  the  bick  by  rolling.  The  sand  shall  be  spread  by 
the  aid  of  a templet  and  made  to  conform  to  the  true  curva- 
ture of  the  street  cross-section. 

Upon  said  sand  cushion,  a pavement  of  No.  1 quality  of 
thoroughly  vitrified  paving  brick  of  uniform  texture,  and 
regular  in  size  and  shape,  shall  be  laid  on  edge  at  right 
angles  to  the  center  of  the  roadway,  except  at  street  inter- 
sections, where  they  shall  be  laid  at  an  angle  of  45  degrees 
to  the  center  of  the  roadway ; and  in  either  way  the  line  or 
course  of  brick  must  be  kept  straight  or  within  a maximum 
variation  of  two  (2)  inches. 

The  dimensions  of  the  brick  shall  not  be  less  than 
214x4x8,  or  more  than  31/4x4x91/2  inches,  free  from  cracks, 
with  but  slight  laminations  and  at  least  one  edge  with  but 
slight  kiln  marks.  If  the  edges  are  round,  the  radius  shall 
not  be  greater  than  3-16  of  an  inch,  and  no  piece  of  broken 
brick  shall  be  used  except  in  the  end  of  courses  to  break 
joints.  The  brick  shall  be  inspected  before  laying  and  also 
after  laying,  and  again  after  rolling,  and  all  soft,  badly 
spoiled  or  ill-shaped  brick  shall  be  removed.  Kiln-marked 


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ones  may  be  turned  over,  and  if  the  reverse  edges  are 
smooth  and  no  other  fault  be  found,  may  remain  in  the 
pavement.  After  the  brick  have  been  inspected,  the  brick 
next  the  curb  shall  be  tamped  to  the  proper  grade. 

When  the  work  joins  any  pavement  already  laid,  a 
sufficient  amount  of  the  old  pavement  shall  be  relaid  to 
form  a suitable  connection  with  the  new  pavement. 

After  the  brick  in  the  pavement  are  inspected  and  the 
surface  is  swept  clean  of  spalls,  they  must  be  well  rolled 
with  a live  (5)  ton  steam  roller  in  the  following  manner: 
The  brick  next  to  the  curb  should  be  tamped  with  a hand 
wood  tamper  to  the  proper  gutter  grade.  The  rolling  will 
then  commence  near  the  curb  at  a very  slow  pace  and  con- 
tinue back  and  forth  until  the  center  of  the  pavement  is 
reached,  then  pass  to  the  opposite  curb  and  repeat  in  the 
same  manner  to  the  center  of  the  street.  After  this  first 
passage  of  the  roller  the  pace  may  be  quickened  and  the 
rolling  continued  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the 
sand  cushion.  The  roller  shall  then  be  started  at  the  end  of 
the  block  and  the  pavement  rolled  transversely  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees  to  curb,  and  the  rolling  then  repeated  in  like 
manner  in  the  opposite  direction.  Before  this  transverse 
rolling  takes  place  all  broken  or  injured  brick  must  be  tak- 
en up  and  replaced  with  perfect  ones. 

An  expansion  cushion  will  be  provided  for,  one  (1) 
inch  in  thickness,  next  to  the  curb.  Upon  the  sand  cushion 
and  adjacent  to  the  face  of  the  curb,  there  shall  be  set  on 
edge  a board  one  (1)  inch  in  thickness  and  wide  enough  to 
extend  above  the  finished  surface  of  the  pavement,  which 
strip,  after  the  completion  of  the  pavement  in  all  other 
respects,  shall  be  removed  and  the  void  filled  two-thirds 
(2-3)  of  its  depth  with  pitch,  and  the  top  one-third  (1-3) 
with  sand. 

All  joints  in  the  pavement  shall  be  completely  filled 
with  the  best  Portland  cement  grout,  composed  of  one  part 
each  of  clean  sand  and  Portland  cement.  The  mixture  shall 
not  exceed  one-third  (1-3  bushel  of  sand,  together  with  a 
like  quantity  of  cement,  and  shall  be  placed  in  a box  and 
mixed  dry  until  the  mixture  assumes  an  even  and  unbroken 
shade.  Then  water  shall  be  added,  forming  a liquid  mixture 
of  the  consistency  of  thin  cream.  From  the  time  the  water 


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is  applied  until  the  last  drop  is  removed  and  floated  into  the 
joints  of  the  brick  pavement,  the  same  must  be  kept  in  con- 
stant motion. 

The  box  for  this  purpose  shall  be  3%  to  4 feet  long, 
27  to  30  inches  wide  and  14  inches  deep,  resting  on  legs  of 
different  length,  so  that  the  mixture  will  readily  float  to  the 
lower  corner  of  the  box,  which  should  be  from  8 to  10 
inches  above  the  pavement. 

The  mixture  shall  be  removed  from  the  box  to  the 
street  surface  with  a scoop  shovel,  all  the  while  being 
stirred  in  the  box  as  the  same  is  being  thus  emptied.  This 
mixture,  from  the  moment  it  touches  the  brick,  shall  be. 
thoroughly  swept  into  the  joints.  The  work  of  sweeping 
should  thus  be  carried  forward  in  a line  until  an  advance  of 
15  to  20  yards  has  been  made,  when  the  same  force  and  ap- 
pliances shall  be  turned  back  and  shall  again  cover  the  same 
space  in  like  manner,  except  to  make  the  proportions  two- 
thirds  (2-3)  Portland  cement  and  one-third  (1-3)  sand. 

To  avoid  the  possibility  of  thickening  in  any  joint,  a 
man  with  a sprinkling  can  shall  gently  sprinkle  the  surface 
ahead  of  the  sweepers.  Within  one-half  to  three-fourths  of 
an  hour  after  this  last  coat  is  applied  and  the  grout  be- 
tween the  joints  has  fully  subsided,  the  whole  surface  must 
be  slightly  sprinkled  and  all  surplus  mixture  left  on  the 
top  of  the  bricks  swept  into  the  joints,  bringing  them  up 
flush  and  full.  After  the  joints  are  thus  filled  flush  with 
the  top  of  the  brick  and  sufficient  time  for  evaporation  has 
taken  place,  so  that  the  coating  of  sand  will  not  absorb  any 
moisture  from  the  cement  mixture,  one-half  inch  of  sand 
shall  be  spread  over  the  whole  surface. 

Grouting  thus  finished  must  remain  absolutely  free 
from  disturbance  or  traffic  of  any  kind  for  a period  of  at 
least  ten  days. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  providing  for  said  improvement,  together  with 

the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof,  made  by  the 

of  said  Board,  both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  approved. 

Sec.  3.  (Here  continue  other  sections  as  in  other 
forms  herein  given.) 


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NOTE: — (1)  Ordinance  must  contain  a detailed  de- 
scription of  the  extent,  nature,  character  and  locality  of  the 
improvement,  so  that  the  ordinance  itself  contains  sufficient 
specifications  to  make  it  fully  descriptive  of  the  improve- 
ment and  make  it  susceptible  of  fair  and  uniform  competi- 
tion when  bids  are  invited  thereon.  Among  other  things, 
the  ordinance  shall  contain  full  and  complete  specifications 
relating  to  width  of  roadways,  curbing,  gutters,  grade  of 
the  roadway  and  curb,  datum  plane,  grading,  excavating 
and  filling,  including  foundation  of  pavement  and  ingredi- 
ents, such  as  cement,  sand,  broken  stone,  or  gravel,  mixing 
or  laying  concrete,  sand  cushion,  brick  for  paving,  filler,  ex- 
pansion joints,  or  when  a composite  is  specified,  then  the 
nature  and  character  of  the  composite  and  ingredient  ma- 
terials— in  short,  a specification  of  the  constituent  and  ele- 
mentary parts. 

(2)  It  is  entirely  proper  to  incorporate  in  the  ordi- 
nance the  full  and  complete  specifications  for  the  particular 
work  as  prepared  by  the  Engineer. 

(3)  Although  purely  optional,  it  is  extremely  desir- 
able that  the  ordinance  contain  a clause  whereby  it  is  pro- 
vided that  contractors  shall  be  required  to  furnish  all  fore- 
men or  sub-foremen  in  charge  of  any  particular  portion  of 
the  work,  specifications  covering  said  work,  and  that  they 
be  required  to  acquaint  themselves  fully  with  all  require- 
ments for  the  proper  prosecution  of  the  work  under  their 
supervision. 

* If  combination  of  gravel  and  sand  is  used  for  con- 
crete, the  mixture  for  natural  cement  should  be  one  (1) 
measure  of  cement  to  six  (6)  measures  of  the  mixture.  If 
Portland  cement,  one  (1)  measure  of  the  cement  to  eight 
(8)  measures  of  the  mixture. 

! The  one-inch  board  used  in  constructing  the  expan- 
sion cushion  should  be  removed  within  thirty-six  (36) 
hours  after  the  grouting  is  completed,  as  after  that  time  it 
will  be  found  almost  impossible  to  remove  it. 


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FORM  NO.  23B. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  BRICK  PAVEMENT  ON  GRAVEL  OR 
BROKEN  STONE  BASE,  PORTLANT 

CEMENT  FILLER. 


This  form  contains  the  number  two  specifications  and 
directions  for  the  construction  of  vitrified  brick  pavements, 
which  has  been  prepared  by  the  National  Paving  Brick 
Manufacturers’  Association  to  meet  economical  conditions 
in  many  cities  where  the  question  of  original  cost  enters  in- 
to consideration;  and  is  recommended  by  that  association 
as  most  likely  to  produce  the  best  results  and  attain  the 
highest  degree  of  efficiency  and  service  from  the  use  of  the 
particular  materials  mentioned. 


ORDINANCE  No. 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of  Street  from 

to . , Y y Grading,  Curbing  and 

Paving. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

III: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 

made  within  the  City  of Illinois,  the 

nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said 
improvement  is  as  follows,  to- wit : 

That  the  roadway  of ...  Street,  in 

the  said  City  of from 

to and  also  the  roadways  of  all  inter- 

secting streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  portion  of  said 

Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof  (except  at  the  intersection  of 

Street) , be  and  the  same  are  ordered  improved  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving,  as  follows: 

(Here  set  out  a detailed  description  of  the  extent  and 
locality  of  the  improvement,  together  with  full  and  com- 


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plete  specifications  relating  to  width  of  roadways,  curbing, 
marginal  curb,  gutters,  grade  of  roadway  and  curb,  datum 
plane  and  other  matters  not  included  herein.) 

The  roadway  herein  provided  to  be  improved  shall  be 
brought  to  the  subgrade  by  excavating  or  filling,  as  the  case 
may  be.  The  cross-section  shall  conform  in  every  respect  to 
the  cross-section  of  the  pavement  when  completed,  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  rolled  with  a roller  weighing  not  less 
than  five  (5)  tons,  and  all  places  that  cannot  be  rolled  as 
above  required  shall  be  thoroughly  tamped. 

Earth  in  excavation  shall  be  removed  to  within  two 
(2)  inches  of  the  grade,  then  brought  to  the  sub-grade  with 
the  roller.  If  the  earth  is  too  hard  to  receive  compression 
through  the  roller,  then  the  remaining  inches  shall  be  loos- 
ened with  a pick  and  carted  away. 

Earth  in  embankment  shall  be  applied  in  layers  of 
eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness  and  each  layer  thoroughly 
rolled.  Whenever  soft  clay  or  spongy  ground  is  developed 
in  sub-grade  that  will  not  compact  under  the  roller,  it  shall 
be  loosened  and  excavated  and  filled  with  suitable  material, 
and  then  rolled  or  rammed  before  the  concrete  foundation 
is  laid. 

All  sidewalks  injured  or  disturbed  in  the  construction 
of  the  improvement  herein  provided,  shall  be  replaced  or 
restored  as  nearly  as  may  be  to  their  original  condition. 

Upon  the  sub-grade  as  above  prepared  shall  be  spread 
a layer  of  six  (6)  inches  of  broken  stone  or  bank  gravel, 
(choose  one  or  the  other,  but  do  not  permit  both  to  remain) 
as  far  as  possible  free  from  loam  or  clay',  but  carrying  sand 
enough  to  fill  all  the  voids.  It  should  be  dumped  promiscu- 
ously, with  the  team  moving  all  the  time,  whereby  the 
gravel  will  become  more  evenly  packed.  It  shall  then  be 
spread  with  a shovel  and  further  compacted  (by  dragging 
or  rolling , choose  one  or  provide  for  both) . 

Upon  this  foundation  shall  be  spread  a layer 
of  coarse,  clean  sand  two  (2)  inches  thick  before  the  com- 
pression of  the  brick  by  rolling.  The  sand  shall  be  spread  by 
the  aid  of  a templet  and  made  to  conform  to  the  true  curva- 
ture of  the  street  cross-section. 

Upon  said  sand  cushion,  a pavement  of  No.  1 quality  of 
thoroughly  vitrified  paving  brick  of  uniform  texture,  and 


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regular  in  size  and  shape,  shall  be  laid  on  edge  at  right 
angles  to  the  center  of  the  roadway,  except  at  street  inter- 
sections, where  they  shall  be  laid  at  an  angle  of  45  degrees 
to  the  center  of  the  roadway ; and  in  either  way  the  line  or 
course  of  brick  must  be  kept  straight  or  within  a maximum 
variation  of  two  (2)  inches. 

The  dimensions  of  the  brick  shall  not  be  less  than 
214x4x8,  or  more  than  31/2x4x914  inches,  free  from  cracks, 
with  but  slight  laminations  and  at  least  one  edge  with  but 
slight  kiln  marks.  If  the  edges  are  round,  the  radius  shall 
not  be  greater  than  3-16  of  an  inch,  and  no  piece  of  broken 
brick  shall  be  used  except  in  the  end  of  courses  to  break 
joints.  The  brick  shall  be  inspected  before  laying  and  also 
after  laying,  and  again  after  rolling,  and  all  soft,  badly 
spoiled  or  ill-shaped  brick  shall  be  removed.  Kiln-marked 
ones  may  be  turned  over,  and  if  the  reverse  edges  are 
smooth  and  no  other  fault  be  found,  may  remain  in  the 
pavement.  After  the  brick  have  been  inspected,  the  brick 
next  to  the  curb  shall  be  tamped  to  the  proper  grade. 

When  the  work  joins  any  pavement  already  laid,  a 
sufficient  amount  of  the  old  pavement  shall  be  relaid  to 
form  a suitable  connection  with  the  new  pavement. 

After  the  brick  in  the  pavement  are  inspected  and  the 
surface  is  swept  clean  of  spalls,  they  must  be  well  rolled 
with  a five  (5)  ton  steam  roller  in  the  following  manner: 
The  brick  next  the  curb  should  be  tamped  with  a hand 
wood  tamper  to  the  proper  gutter  grade.  The  rolling  will 
then  commence  near  the  curb  at  a very  slow  pace  and  con- 
tinue back  and  forth  until  the  center  of  the  pavement  is 
reached,  then  pass  to  the  opposite  curb  and  repeat  in  the 
same  manner  to  the  center  of  the  street.  After  this  first 
passage  of  the  roller  the  pace  may  be  quickened  and  the 
rolling  continued  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the 
sand  cushion.  The  roller  shall  then  be  started  at  the  end  of 
the  block  and  the  pavement  rolled  transversely  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees  to  curb,  and  the  rolling  then  repeated  in  like 
manner  in  the  opposite  direction.  Before  this  transverse 
rolling  takes  place  all  broken  or  injured  brick  must  be  tak- 
en up  and  replaced  with  perfect  ones. 

An  expansion  cushion  will  be  provided  for,  one  (1) 
inch  in  thickness,  next  to  the  curb.  Upon  the  sand  cushion, 


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and  adjacent  to  the  face  of  the  curb,  there  shall  be  set  on 
edge  a board  one  (1)  inch  in  thickness  and  wide  enough  to 
extend  above  the  finished  surface  of  the  pavement,  which 
strip,  after  the  completion  of  the  pavement  in  all  other 
respects,  shall  be  removed  and  the  void  filled  two-thirds 
(2-3)  of  its  depth  with  pitch,  and  the  top  one-third  (1-3) 
with  sand. 

All  joints  in  the  pavement  shall  be  completely  filled 
with  the  best  Portland  cement  grout,  composed  of  one  part 
each  of  clean  sand  and  Portland  cement.  The  mixture  shall 
not  exceed  one-third  (1-3  bushel  of  sand,  together  with  a 
like  quantity  of  cement,  and  shall  be  placed  in  a box  and 
mixed  dry  until  the  mixture  assumes  an  even  and  unbroken 
shade.  Then  water  shall  be  added,  forming  a liquid  mixture 
of  the  consistency  of  thin  cream.  From  the  time  the  water 
is  applied  until  the  last  drop  is  removed  and  floated  into  the 
joints  of  the  brick  pavement,  the  same  must  be  kept  in  con- 
stant motion. 

The  box  for  this  purpose  shall  be  3%  to  4 feet  long, 
27  to  30  inches  wide  and  14  inches  deep,  resting  on  legs  of 
different  length,  so  that  the  mixture  will  readily  float  to  the 
lower  corner  of  the  box,  which  should  be  from  8 to  10 
inches  above  the  pavement. 

I he  mixture  shall  be  removed  from  the  box  to  the 
street  surface  with  a scoop  shovel,  all  the  while  being 
stirred  in  the  box  as  the  same  is  being  thus  emptied.  This 
mixture,  from  the  moment  it  touches  the  brick,  shall  be 
thoroughly  swept  into  the  joints.  The  work  of  sweeping 
should  thus  be  carried  forward  in  a line  until  an  advance  of 
15  to  20  yards  has  been  made,  when  the  same  force  and  ap- 
pliances shall  be  turned  back  and  shall  again  cover  the  same 
space  in  like  manner,  except  to  make  the  proportions  two- 
thirds  (2-3)  Portland  cement  and  one-third  (1-3)  sand. 

To  avoid  the  possibility  of  thickening  in  any  joint,  a 
man  with  a sprinkling  can  shall  gently  sprinkle  the  surface 
ahead  of  the  sweepers.  Within  one-half  to  three-fourths  of 
an  hour  after  this  last  coat  is  applied  and  the  grout  be7 
tween  the  joints  has  fully  subsided,  the  wThole  surface  must 
be  slightly  sprinkled  and  all  surplus  mixture  left  on  the 
top  of  the  bricks  swept  into  the  joints,  bringing  them  up 
flush  and  full.  After  the  joints  are  thus  filled  flush  with 


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the  top  of  the  brick  and  sufficient  time  for  evaporation  has 
taken  place,  so  that  the  coating  of  sand  will  not  absorb  any 
moisture  from  the  cement  mixture,  one-half  inch  of  sand 
shall  be  spread  over  the  whole  surface. 

The  cement  shall  be  the  best  Portland  cement,  deliv- 
ered on  the  work  in  original  packages  and  branded  with 
the  name  of  manufacturer. 

Grouting  thus  finished  must  remain  absolutely  free 
from  disturbance  or  traffic  of  any  kind  for  a period  of  at 
least  ten  days. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  providing  for  said  improvement,  together  with 

the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof,  made  by  the 

of  said  Board,  both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  approved. 

Sec.  3.  (Here  continue  other  sections  as  in  other 
forms  herein  given.) 

Note: — See  notes  under  Form  No.  23a. 


FORM  NO.  23C. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  BRICK  PAVEMENT  ON  GRAVEL  OR 
STONE  BASE,  SAND  FILLER. 


This  form  contains  the  number  three  specifications 
and  directions  for  the  construction  of  vitrified  brick  pave- 
ments, which  has  been  prepared  by  the  National  Paving  Brick 
Manufacturers'  Association  to  meet  economical  require- 
ments in  the  smaller  cities  and  towns  where  the  demands 
of  traffic  are  not  severe,  and  where  property  values  neces- 
sitate the  consideration  of  original  cost;  and  it  is  therefore 
recommended  by  that  association  where  such  conditions 
exist  not  only  as  the  most  economical  in  the  point  of  cost  of 
construction,  but  their  quality  and  service  at  the  same  time 
prove  very  satisfactory. 


ORDINANCE  NO. 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 


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the  City  of , Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of  Street  from 

to , by  Grading,  Curbing  and 

Paving. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
, III. : 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 

made  within  the  City  of Illinois,  the 

nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said, 
improvement  is  as  follows,  to-wit: 

That  the  roadway  of Street,  in 

the  said  City  of , from 

to and  also  the  roadways  of  all  inter- 

secting streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  portion  of  said 

Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof  (except  at  the  intersection  of 

Street) , be  and  the  same  are  ordered  improved  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving,  as  follows : 

(Here  set  out  a detailed  description  of  the  extent  and 
locality  of  the  improvement,  together  with  full  and  com- 
plete specifications  relating  to  width  of  roadways,  curbing, 
marginal  curb,  gutters,  grade  of  roadway  and  curb,  datum 
plane  and  other  matters  not  included  herein.) 

The  roadway  herein  provided  to  be  improved  shall  be 
brought  to  the  subgrade  by  excavating  or  filling,  as  the  case 
may  be.  The  cross-section  shall  conform  in  every  respect  to 
the  cross-section  of  the  pavement  when  completed,  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  rolled  with  a roller  weighing  not  less 
than  five  (5)  tons,  and  all  places  that  cannot  be  rolled  as 
above  required  shall  be  thoroughly  tamped. 

Earth  in  excavation  shall  be  rem—^  within  two 
(2)  inches  of  the  grade,  then  brought  to  the  sub-grade  with 
the  roller.  If  the  earth  is  too  hard  to  receive  compression 
through  the  roller,  then  the  remaining  inches  shall  be  loos- 
ened with  a pick  and  carted  away. 

Earth  in  embankment  shall  be  applied  in  layers  of 
eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness  and  each  layer  thoroughly 
rolled.  Whenever  soft  clay  or  spongy  ground  is  developed 
in  sub-grade  that  will  not  compact  under  the  roller,  it  shall 
be  loosened  and  excavated  and  filled  with  suitable  material. 


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and  then  rolled  or  rammed  before  the  concrete  foundation 
is  laid. 

All  sidewalks  injured  or  disturbed  in  the  construction 
of  the  improvement  herein  provided,  shall  be  replaced  or 
restored  as  nearly  as  may  be  to  their  original  condition. 

Upon  the  sub-grade  as  above  prepared  shall  be  spread 
a layer  of  six  (6)  inches  of  broken  stone  or  bank  gravel 
(■ choose  one  or  the  other , hut  do  not  permit  both  to  remain) 
as  far  as  possible  free  from  loam  or  clay,  but  carrying  sand 
enough  to  fill  all  the  voids.  It  should  be  dumped  promiscu- 
ously, with  the  team  moving  all  the  time,  whereby  the 
gravel  will  become  more  evenly  packed.  It  shall  then  be 
spread  with  a shovel  and  further  compacted  by  ( dragging 
or  rolling,  choose  one  or  the  other  or  provide  for  both.) 

Upon  this  foundation  shall  be  spread  a layer 
of  coarse,  clean  sand  two  (2)  inches  thick  before  the  com- 
pression of  the  brick  by  rolling.  The  sand  shall  be  spread  by 
the  aid  of  a templet  and  made  to  conform  to  the  true  curva- 
ture of  the  street  cross-section. 

Upon  said  sand  cushion,  a pavement  of  No.  1 quality  of 
thoroughly  vitrified  paving  brick  of  uniform  texture,  and 
regular  in  size  and  shape,  shall  be  laid  on  edge  at  right 
angles  to  the  center  of  the  roadway,  except  at  street  inter- 
sections, where  they  shall  be  laid  at  an  angle  of  45  degrees 
to  the  center  of  the  roadway ; and  in  either  way  the  line  or 
course  of  brick  must  be  kept  straight  or  within  a maximum 
variation  of  two  (2)  inches. 

The  dimensions  of  the  brick  shall  not  be  less  than 
234x4x8,  or  more  than  83/2x4x9%  inches,  free  from  cracks, 
with  but  slight  laminations  and  at  least  one  edge  with  but 
slight  kiln  marks.  If  the  edges  are  round,  the  radius  shall 
not  be  greater  than  3-16  of  an  inch,  and  no  piece  of  broken' 
brick  shall  be  used  except  in  the  end  of  courses  to  break 
joints.  The  brick  shall  be  inspected  before  laying  and  also 
after  laying,  and  again  after  rolling,  and  all  soft,  badly 
spoiled  or  ill-shaped  brick  shall  be  removed.  Kiln-marked 
ones  may  be  turned  over,  and  if  the  reverse  edges  are 
smooth  and  no  other  fault  be  found,  may  remain  in  the 
pavement.  After  the  brick  have  been  inspected,  the  brick 
next  the  curb  shall  be  tamped  to  the  proper  grade. 
The  entire  pavement  will  then  be  rolled  with  a five  (5)  ton 


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roller  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the  sand. 

When  the  work  joins  any  pavement  already  laid,  a 
sufficient  amount  of  the  old  pavement  shall  be  relaid  to 
form  a suitable  connection  with  the  new  pavement. 

An  expansion  cushion  will  be  provided  for,  one  (1) 
inch  in  thickness,  next  to  the  curb.  Upon  the  sand  cushion 
and  adjacent  to  the  face  of  the  curb,  there  shall  be  set  on 
edge  a board  one  (1)  inch  in  thickness  and  wide  enough  to 
extend  above  the  finished  surface  of  the  pavement,  which 
strip,  after  the  completion  of  the  pavement  in  all  other 
respects,  shall  be  removed  and  the  void  filled  two-thirds 
(2-3)  of  its  depth  with  pitch,  and  the  top  one-third  (1-3) 
with  sand. 

After  the  brick  in  the  pavement  are  inspected  and  the 
surface  is  swept  clean  of  spalls,  they  must  be  well  rolled 
with  a five  (5)  ton  steam  roller  in  the  following  manner: 
The  brick  next  the  curb  should  be  tamped  with  a hand 
wood  tamper  to  the  proper  gutter  grade.  The  rolling  will 
then  commence  near  the  curb  at  a very  slow  pace  and  con- 
tinue back  and  forth  until  the  center  of  the  pavement  is 
reached,  then  pass  to  the  opposite  curb  and  repeat  in  the 
same  manner  to  the  center  of  the  street.  After  this  first 
passage  of  the  roller  the  pace  may  be  quickened  and  the 
rolling  continued  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the 
sand  cushion.  The  roller  shall  then  be  started  at  the  end  of 
the  block  and  the  pavement  rolled  transversely  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees  to  curb,  and  the  rolling  then  repeated  in  like 
manner  in  the  opposite  direction.  Before  this  transverse 
rolling  takes  place  all  broken  or  injured  brick  must  be  tak- 
en up  and  replaced  with  perfect  ones. 

All  joints  of  the  pavement  shall  be  completely  filled 
with  clean,  dry  sand,  which  shall  be  spread  upon  the  sur- 
face of  the  brick  to  the  thickness  of  one-fourth  (fi)  inch, 
over  which  shall  be  passed  the  roller  two  or  three  times  or 
more,  forcing  the  sand  to  find  further  and  greater  settle- 
ment in  the  interstices. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  providing  for  said  improvement,  together  with 
the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof,  made  by  the 


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of  said  Board,  both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  approved. 

Sec.  3.  (Here  continue  other  sections  as  in  other 
forms  herein  given.) 

Note: — See  notes  under  Form  No.  23a. 


FORM  NO.  23D. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  BRICK  PAVEMENT  ON  NUMBER 
TWO  PAVING  BLOCK  BASE,  PORTLAND  CEMENT  FILLER. 


This  lorm  contains  the  number  four  specifications  and 
directions  for  the  construction  of  vitrified  brick  pave- 
ments, and  has  been  prepared  by  the  National  Paving 
Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  to  meet  conditions  in 
many  localities  remote  from  gravel  or  stone,  and  where 
number  two  paving  block  can  be  substituted  therefor. 

In  the  matter  of  value  and  substantiality  of  this  con- 
struction, when  strict  compliance  with  the  directions  here 
given  is  exercised,  the  pavement  will  equal  in  every  respect 
that  built  under  the  number  one  specifications  set  forth  in 
Form  No.  23a. 


Ordinance  No. 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of , Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of  Street  from 

to by  Grading,  Curbing  and 

Paving. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
III: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 


within  the  City  of Illinois,  the 

nature,  character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said 
improvement  is  as  follows,  to- wit : 

That  the  roadway  of - Street,  in 


the  said  City  of from 

to and  also  the  roadways  of  all  inter- 


secting streets  and  alleys  lying  within  said  portion  of  said 

Street,  and  not  included  in  the 

roadway  thereof  (except  at  the  intersection  of 

Street) , be  and  the  same  are  ordered  improved  by  grading, 
curbing  and  paving,  as  follows : 

(Here  set  out  a detailed  description  of  the  extent  and 
locality  of  the  improvement,  together  with  full  and  com- 
plete specifications  relating  to  width  of  roadways,  curbing, 
marginal  curb,  gutters,  grade  of  roadway  and  curb,  datum 
plane  and  other  matters  not  included  herein.) 

The  roadway  herein  provided  to  be  improved  shall  be 
brought  to  the  subgrade  by  excavating  or  filling,  as  the  case 
may  be.  The  cross-section  shall  conform  in  every  respect  to 
the  cross-section  of  the  pavement  when  completed,  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  rolled  with  a roller  weighing  not  less 
than  five  (5)  tons,  and  all  places  that  cannot  be  rolled  as 
above  required  shall  be  thoroughly  tamped. 

Earth  in  excavation  shall  be  removed  to  within  tv/o 
.(2)  inches  of  the  grade,  then  brought  to  the  sub-grade  with 
the  roller.  If  the  earth  is  too  hard  to  receive  compression 
through  the  roller,  then  the  remaining  inches  shall  be  loos- 
ened with  a pick  and  carted  away. 

Earth  in  embankment  shall  be  applied  in  layers  of 
eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness  and  each  layer  thoroughly 
rolled.  Whenever  soft  clay  or  spongy  ground  is  developed 
in  sub-grade  that  will  not  compact  under  the  roller,  it  shall 
be  loosened  and  excavated  and  filled  with  suitable  material, 
and  then  rolled  or  rammed  before  any  part  of  the  founda- 
tion is  laid. 

All  sidewalks  injured  or  disturbed  in  the  construction 
of  the  improvement  herein  provided,  shall  be  replaced  or 
restored  as  nearly  as  may  be  to  their  original  condition. 

Upon  this  sub-grade  as  above  prepared  shall  be  spread 
a base  of  sand  two  (2)  inches  in  thickness,  and  it  shall  be 
brought  to  a perfect  grade  conforming  to  that  of  the  finished 
pavement.  There  shall  be  laid  flat-wise  at  right  angles  with 
the  street  upon  this  grade  thus  prepared,  a layer  of  No.  2 
paving  block  not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  in  thickness, 
the  interstices  of  which  shall  be  filled  with  a filler  composed 


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of  two  (2)  parts  of  clean  sand  and  one  (1)  part  of  Port- 
land cement.  This  filler  shall  be  prepared  and  applied  as 
herein  provided  in  this  ordinance  for  the  preparing  and 
applying  of  the  cement  filler  for  the  joints  in  the  wear- 
ing surface  of  the  pavement. 

The  foundation  thus  made  shall  remain  undisturbed 
at  least  thirty-six  (36)  hours  before  the  sand  cushion 
herein  provided  for,  may  be  spread.  At  least  ten  (10)  days 
must  elapse  before  rolling  and  compacting  of  the  surface  is 
allowed,  and  at  all  events  no  team  shall  be  permitted,  or 
hauling  be  allowed  upon  this  surface  during  this  period. 

Upon  this  foundation  shall  be  spread  a layer 
of  coarse,  clean  sand  two  (2)  inches  thick  before  the  com- 
pression of  the  brick  by  rolling.  The  sand  shall  be  spread  by 
the  aid  of  a templet  and  made  to  conform  to  the  true  curva- 
ture of  the  street  cross-section. 

The  cement  shall  be  of  the  best  Portland  cement,  deliv- 
ered on  the  work  in  original  packages  and  branded  with 
the  name  of  the  manufacturer. 

Upon  said  sand  cushion,  a pavement  of  No.  1 quality  of 
thoroughly  vitrified  paving  brick  of  uniform  texture,  and 
regular  in  size  and  shape,  shall  be  laid  on  edge  at  right 
angles  to  the  center  of  the  roadway,  except  at  street  inter- 
sections, where  they  shall  be  laid  at  an  angle  of  45  degrees 
to  the  center  of  the  roadway ; and  in  either  way  the  line  or 
course  of  brick  must  be  kept  straight  or  within  a maximum 
variation  of  two  (2)  inches. 

The  dimensions  of  the  brick  shall  not  be  less  than 
21/4x4x8,  or  more  than  31/2x4x9%  inches,  free  from  cracks,, 
with  but  slight  laminations  and  at  least  one  edge  with  but 
slight  kiln  marks.  If  the  edges  are  round,  the  radius  shall 
not  be  greater  than  3-16  of  an  inch,  and  no  piece  of  broken 
brick  shall  be  used  except  in  the  end  of  courses  to  break 
joints.  The  brick  shall  be  inspected  before  laying  and  also 
after  laying,  and  again  after  rolling,  and  all  soft,  badly 
spoiled  or  ill-shaped  brick  shall  be  removed.  Kiln-marked 
ones  may  be  turned  over,  and  if  the  reverse  edges  are 
smooth  and  no  other  fault  be  found,  may  remain  in  the 
pavement.  After  the  brick  have  been  inspected,  the  brick 
next  the  curb  shall  be  tamped  to  the  proper  grade. 


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The  entire  pavement  will  then  be  rolled  with  a five  (5)  ton 
roller  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the  sand. 

When  the  work  joins  any  pavement  already  laid,  a 
sufficient  amount  of  the  old  pavement  shall  be  relaid  to 
form  a suitable  connection  with  the  new  pavement. 

After  the  brick  in  the  pavement  are  inspected  and  the 
surface  is  swept  clean  of  spalls,  they  must  be  well  rolled 
with  a five  (5)  ton  steam  roller  in  the  following  manner: 
The  brick  next  the  curb  should  be  tamped  with  a hand 
wood  tamper  to  the  proper  gutter  grade.  The  rolling  will 
then  commence  near  the  curb  at  a very  slow  pace  and  con- 
tinue back  and  forth  until  the  center  of  the  pavement  is 
reached,  then  pass  to  the  opposite  curb  and  repeat  in  the 
same  manner  to  the  center  of  the  street.  After  this  first 
passage  of  the  roller  the  pace  may  be  quickened  and  the 
rolling  continued  until  each  brick  is  firmly  imbedded  in  the 
sand  cushion.  The  roller  shall  then  be  started  at  the  end  of 
the  block  and  the  pavement  rolled  transversely  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees  to  curb,  and  the  rolling  then  repeated  in  like 
manner  in  the  opposite  direction.  Before  this  transverse 
rolling  takes  place  all  broken  or  injured  brick  must  be  tak- 
en up  and  replaced  with  perfect  ones. 

An  expansion  cushion  will  be  provided  for,  one  (1) 
inch  in  thickness,  next  to  the  curb.  Upon  the  sand  cushion 
and  adjacent  to  the  face  of  the  curb,  there  shall  be  set  on 
edge  a board  one  (1)  inch  in  thickness  and  wide  enough  to 
extend  above  the  finished  surface  of  the  pavement,  which 
strip,  after  the  completion  of  the  pavement  in  all  other 
respects,  shall  be  removed  and  the  void  filled  two-thirds 
(2-3)  of  its  depth  with  pitch,  and  the  top  one-third  (1-3) 
with  sand. 

All  joints  in  the  pavement  shall  be  completely  filled 
with  the  best  Portland  cement  grout,  composed  of  one  part 
each  of  clean  sand  and  Portland  cement.  The  mixture  shall 
not  exceed  one-third  (1-3)  bushel  of  sand,  together  with  a 
like  quantity  of  cement,  and  shall  be  placed  in  a box  and 
mixed  dry  until  the  mixture  assumes  an  even  and  unbroken 
shade.  Then  water  shall  be  added,  forming  a liquid  mixture 
of  the  consistency  of  thin  cream.  From  the  time  the  water 
is  applied  until  the  last  drop  is  removed  and  floated  into  the 


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joints  of  the  brick  pavement,  the  same  must  be  kept  in  con- 
stant motion. 

The  box  for  this  purpose  shall  be  3 to  4 feet  long, 
27  to  30  inches  wide  and  14  inches  deep,  resting  on  legs  of 
different  length,  so  that  the  mixture  will  readily  float  to  the 
lower  corner  of  the  box,  which  should  be  from  8 to  10 
inches  above  the  pavement. 

The  mixture  shall  be  removed  from  the  box  to  the 
street  surface  with  a scoop  shovel,  all  the  while  being 
stirred  in  the  box  as  the  same  is  being  thus  emptied.  This 
mixture,  from  the  moment  it  touches  the  brick,  shall  be 
thoroughly  swept  into  the  joints.  The  work  of  sweeping 
should  thus  be  carried  forward  in  a line  until  an  advance  of 
15  to  20  yards  has  been  made,  when  the  same  force  and  ap- 
pliances shall  be  turned  back  and  cover  the  same  space  in 
like  manner,  except  to  make  the  proportion  2-3  Portland 
cement  and  1-3  sand. 

To  avoid  the  possibility  of  thickening  in  any  joint,  a 
man  with^a  sprinkling  can  shall  gently  sprinkle  the  surface 
ahead  of  the  sweepers.  Within  one-half  to  three-fourths  of 
an  hour  after  this  last  coat  is  applied  and  the  grout  be- 
tween the  joints  has  fully  subsided,  the  whole  surface  must 
be  slightly  sprinkled  and  all  surplus  mixture  left  on  the 
top  of  the  bricks  swept  into  the  joints,  bringing  them  up 
flush  and  full.  After  the  joints  are  thus  filled  flush  with 
the  top  of  the  brick  and  sufficient  time  for  evaporation  has 
taken  place,  so  that  the  coating  of  sand  will  not  absorb  any 
moisture  from  the  cement  mixture,  one-half  inch  of  sand 
shall  be  spread  over  the  whole  surface. 

Grouting  thus  finished  must  remain  absolutely  free 
from  disturbance  or  traffic  of  any  kind  for  a period  of  at 
least  ten  days. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  providing  for  said  improvement,  together  with 

the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof,  made  by  the 

of  said  Board,  both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  approved. 

Sec.  3.  (Here  continue  other  sections  as  in  other 
forms  herein  given.) 

Note: — See  notes  under  Form  No.  23a. 


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FORM  NO.  24. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  PIPE  SEWER — INSTALLMENTS — 
BONDS — SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT. 

ORDINANCE  NO. 

An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  for  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of Street  from 

to by  Constructing  In  and  Along 

said Street  for  the  Distance  and  Be- 
tween the  Points  Aforesaid,  a Sewer,  with 

Man-holes,  Catch-basins  and  Necessary  Connections  and 
Appurtenances. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 

Illinois: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 

within  the  City  of Illionis,  the  nature, 

character,  locality  and  description  of  which  said  local  im- 
provement is  as  follows: 

Sewer. 

That  a vitrified  clay  pipe  sewer,  with  necessary  con- 
nections, laterals,  man-holes,  catch-basins  and  all  other 
appurtenances,  be  and  is  hereby  ordered  constructed  in 

and  along Street,  from  

to as  follows: 

(Here  set  out  description  of  extent,  nature,  character 
and  locality  of  the  improvement ; among  other  things 
specify  and  describe  diameter,  dimensions,  locality,  con- 
necting points  with  existing  sewers,  and  all  particulars  not 
covered  by  following  general  specifications.) 

Grades. 


EXCAVATION. 


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Sewer  Pipe. 


Cement. 


Sand. 


Back-Filling. 


FI ouse  Connections. 


Surplus  Earth. 


Man-Holes. 


Catch-Basins. 


Brick  for  Man-Holes,  Etc. 


Sewer  District. 


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All  property  abutting  on  the  line  of  said  sewer,  or  ly- 
ing within  the  sewer  district  herein,  or  which  may  be  bene- 
fited by  said  improvement,  or  has  been  or  may  be  assessed 
for  special  benefits  therefrom,  may  be  connected  therewith 
without  any  additional  cost  or  charge  whatever,  and  per- 
mission and  authority  is  hereby  given  owners  and  occu- 
pants of  such  property  to  make  and  construct  any  and  all 
necessary  connections  from  such  property,  with  such 
sewer,  subject,  however,  to  such  reasonable  regulations  for 
the  doing  of  the  work  and  for  the  joining  with  said  sewer 
as  may  be  legally  prescribed. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of , pro- 

viding for  said  improvement,  together  with  the  estimate 

of  the  cost  thereof,  made  by  the of  said 

Board,  both  hereto  attached,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
approved. 

Sec.  3.  (Here  may  be  added  general  provisions  as  in 
the  booklet  provided.) 


FORM  NO.  25. 

ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  WATER  MAINS,  ETC. 


An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted,  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of , Illinois,  to  the  City 

Council  of  said  City,  Providing  that  a Cast-iron  Water 
Main,  with  Necessary  Fire  Hydrants,  Valves  and  Fit- 
tings, be  Laid  in Street  from 

to , in  the  City 

of , 111. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois : 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 

within  the  City  of , Illinois,  the  nature^ 

character,  locality  and  description  of  which  is  as  follows, 
to- wit : 


— 5C— 


That  a cast-iron  water  main,  with  necessary  fire 
hydrants,  valves  and  chambers  and  special  fittings,  be  and 

the  same  are  hereby  ordered  laid  in Street, 

from to as  follows: 

(Here  set  out  description  of  improvement,  with  the 
particularity  stated  in  preceding  forms  for  ordinances.) 
(Concluding  sections  same  as  in  other  ordinances). 


FORM  NO.  26. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  SIDEWALKS. 


(This  is  under  the  general  act  and  not  under  the 
special  sidewalk  act  as  amended  in  1905.) 


An  Ordinance  Prepared  and  Transmitted  and  Its  Passage 
Recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of , Illinois,  Providing  for  a 

Sidewalk  on  Side 

of  ...  , from  to  

in  the  City  of , Illinois. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois: 

Section  1.  That  a local  improvement  shall  be  made 

within  the  City  of , Illinois,  the  nature, 

character,  locality  and  description  of  which  is  as  follows, 
to- wit : 

That  a sidewalk  feet 

wide,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ordered  constructed  on 

side  of  Street,  from 

Street  to Street,  except  in 

front  of and  also  except  the  intersec- 

tions hereinafter  described,  to- wit: 

(Set  out  description  of  improvement  with  the  particu- 
larity illustrated  in  preceding  forms  for  ordinances.) 

(Sidewalk  ordinances  must  contain  substantially  the 
following  section  in  addition  to  the  others  applying  to  im- 
provements generally)  : 


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“The  owner  of  any  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land 
abutting  on  the  sidewalk  hereinabove  provided  for  shall, 
and  there  is  hereby  allowed  him,  forty  (40)  days,  after  the 
time  at  which  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect,  in  which  to 
build  said  sidewalk  opposite  to  his  land,  and  thereby  re- 
lieve the  same  from  assessment ; Provided , that  work  so  to 
be  done  shall  in  all  respects  conform  to  the  requirements  of 
this  ordinance,  said  work  to  be  done  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City 
of ” 

NOTE: — Concluding  sections  same  as  in  other  ordi- 
nances. 


FORM  NO.  27. 


SUPPLEMENTAL  ORDINANCE  AUTHORIZING  DIVISION  INTO 
INSTALLMENTS  AND  ISSUANCE  OF  BONDS. 


ORDINANCE  NO 

An  Ordinance  Authorizing  the  Division  Into  Installments 
of  the  Special  Assessment  for  the  Improvement  of 
Street,  from  to 


in  the  City  of as  Provided  for  in  and 

by  Ordinance  No of  said  City,  and  to  Authorize 


the  Issuance  of  Bonds  to  Anticipate  Collection  of  such  De- 
ferred Installments. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois: 

Section  1.  That  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  special 

assessment  provided  for  in  and  by  Ordinance  No of 

the  City  of entitled  “(here  insert  title)  ” 

passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city  on  the day 

of , 190 . . , and  approved  by  the  Mayor 

thereof  on  the day  of , 190 . . , and 

also  the  assessment  against  each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel 
of  land  therein  ordered  to  be  assessed,  shall  be  divided  into 

installments  in  manner  provided  by  statute  in 

such  cases  made  and  provided,  and  each  of  said  install- 
ments shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per 
annum,  according  to  law. 


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Sec.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  of  anticipating  the  col- 
lection of  the  second  and  succeeding  installments  provided 

for  in  this  ordnance,  the  said  City  of shall 

issue  bonds,  payable  out  of  said  installments,  bearing  in- 
terest at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable 
annually,  and  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  of  said 
city,  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city;  said  bonds  to  be 
issued  in  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00)  each, 
or  some  multiple  thereof,  which  said  bonds  shall  be  issued 
m accordance  with,  and  shall  in  all  respects  conform  to,  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improve- 
ments," approved  June  14th,  1897,  and  amendments  thereto. 

Sec.  3.  That  the of  this  city  ( same 

officer  designated  in  the  original  ordinance  to  file  petition) 
is  hereby  directed  immediately  and  before  the  confirmation 
of  the  assessment  roll  for  said  improvement,  to  prepare 

and  file  in  the Court  of County, 

Illinois,  in  the  name  of  this  city,  a supplemental  petition,’ 
setting  up  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  attaching  a 
certified  copy  thereof,  which  said  petition  shall  contain  a 
prayer  that  said  Court  enter  its  order  dividing  the  assess- 
ment herein  into installments  in  the  manner 

herein  and  by  statute  provided,  and  that  said  Court  con- 
firm said  assessment  so  divided  into  installments,  as  is  by 
law  required. 

Sec.  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  ef- 
fect from  and  after  its  passage  and  approval. 

Note: — When  the  original  ordinance  does  not  em- 
brace these  matters,  this  supplementary  ordinance  may  be 
passed. 

FORM  NO.  28. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  THAT  ENTIRE  COST  OF  IMPROVEMENT 
BE  RAISED  BY  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT  ON  PROPERTY  BENE- 
FITED, TO  THE  EXTENT  OF  THE  BENEFITS. 


(Proceed  as  in  Sec.  3,  Ordinance  No.  23.) 

Note:— This  form  is  especially  recommended,  since  it 
is  more  flexible  than  any  of  the  others  and  allows  a wider 


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latitude  in  spreading  the  assessments. 

Practically  every  basis  for  determining  benefits  and 
spreading  the  assessment  and  any  division*  of  the  total  cost 
between  the  public  and  the  property  benefited,  may  be  had 
under  this  form,  while  at  the  same  time,  especially  in  smal- 
ler cities  and  where  the  topographical  or  other  physical 
conditions  of  the  several  parcels  of  property  assessed, 
which  ordinarily  influence  values  and  benefits,  are  not  uni- 
form, the  assessor  is  vested  with  a very  desirable  discre- 
tion, which,  if  exercised  judiciously,  will  generally  produce 
a more  equitable  and  ratable  distribution  of  the  cost  of  the 
improvement. 


FORM  NO.  29. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  PART  OF  THE 
COST  OF  THE  IMPROVEMENT  BY  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT, 
AND  THAT  COST  OF  THE  IMPROVEMENT  AT  STREET  IN- 
TERSECTIONS BE  ASSESSED  AGAINST  THE  MUNICIPALITY 
AS  PUBLIC  BENEFITS. 


(Follow  form  of  Ordinance  No.  23,  except  as  to  Sec.  3, 
and  insert  as  follows)  : 

Sec  3.  That  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement,  includ- 
ing the  sum  of  $ being  the  amount  included  in 

the  estimate  of  the  said  hereto  attached, 

as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the  assess- 
ment herein,  and  which  said  sum  shall  be  applied  towards 
the  payment  of  the  aforesaid  and  other  costs  by  law 
authorized,  be  paid  by  special  assessment  to  be  levied  upon 
the  property  specially  benefited,  in  accordance  with  an  act 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled 
“An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements/'  approved  June 
14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  and  amendments  made 
thereto;  Provided , however,  that  there  shall  be  paid  by 

and  assessed  against  the  City  of as  public 

benefits,  an  amount  equal  to  the  cost  of  the  said  improve- 
ment, at  all  street  and  alley  intersections  to  the  width  of 


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the  said  intersecting  streets  and  alleys  (or  to  the  width  of 
the  roadways  of  said  intersecting  streets  and  alleys). 

Note  : — It  will  be  noted  that  there  is  quite  a difference 
between  the  width  of  “intersecting  streets”  and  width  of 
roadways  of  the  intersecting  streets.” 


FORM  NO.  30. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  A PART  OF  THE 
COST  OF  THE  IMPROVEMENT  BY  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT, 
AND  A CERTAIN  PER  CENT.  TO  BE  ASSESSED  AGAINST  THE 
MUNICIPALITY  AS  PUBLIC  BENEFITS. 


(Follow  form  of  Ordinance  No.  23,  except  as  to  Sec.  3, 
and  insert  as  follows)  : 

Sec.  3.  That  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement,  in- 
cluding the  sum  of  $ , being  the  amount  included 

in  the  estimate  of  the  said hereto  attached, 

as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the  assess- 
ment herein,  and  which  said  sum  shall  be  applied  toward 
the  payment  of  the  aforesaid  and  other  costs  by  law 
authorized,  be  paid  by  sepcial  assessment  to  be  levied  upon 
the  property  specially  benefited,  in  accordance  with  an  act 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled 
“An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,”  approved  June 
14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  and  amendments  made 
thereto ; Provided,  however,  that  there  shall  be  paid  by  and 

assessed  against  the  City  of , as  public 

benefits,  an  amount  equal  to per  cent,  of  the  cost 

of  the  said  improvement,  and  the  amount  included  in 

the  estimate  of  the  said , hereto  attached. 

as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the  assess- 
ment herein. 


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FORM  NO.  31. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  THAT  ENTIRE  COST  OF  IMPROVEMENT 
BE  RAISED  BY  SPECIAL  TAXATION  ACCORDING 
TO  FRONTAGE. 


Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois: 

(Here  follow  as  in  Ordinance  No.  23,  except  as  to  Sec. 
3,  and  insert  as  follows)  : 

Sec.  3.  That  the  said  improvement  herein  provided 
for  and  the  whole  cost  of  said  improvement,  including  the 

sum  of Dollars  ($ ),  being  the 

amount  included  in  the  estimate  of  the  said 

hereto  attached,  as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collect- 
ing the  assessment  herein,  be  paid  by  special  taxation  to  be 
levied  upon  the  property  contiguous  to  and  abutting  there- 
on, in  the  proportion  of  the  frontage  of  each  lot,  block, 
tract  or  parcel  of  land  and  property  upon  said ........... 

Street,  from  the to  the 

and  to  pay  said  cost  of  said  improvement  and  the  said  cost 
of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the  assessment  aforesaid, 
a special  tax  to  the  amount  of  said  cost  of  said  improve- 
ment and  said  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the 
assessment  as  aforesaid,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  levied 
upon  each  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land  and  property 
contiguous  to  and  abutting  thereon,  accordingly,  in  accord 
ance  with  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improve- 
ments,approved  June  14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897, 
and  amendments  since  made  thereto;  and  that  the  said 

sum  of  $ shall  be  applied  toward  the  cost  of 

making,  levying  and  collecting  such  assessment,  as  pro- 
vided by  said  act  of  said  General  Assembly  and  the  amend- 
ments thereto. 


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FORM  NO.  32.  / 


AN  ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  PART  OF 
THE  COST  OF  THE  IMPRQVEMENT  BY  SPECIAL  TAXATION 
ON  THE  BASIS  OF  FRONTAGE  AND  PART  BY  GENERAL 
TAXATION. 


(Follow  form  of  Ordinance  No.  23,  except  as  to  Sec.  3, 
and  insert  as  follows)  : 

Sec.  3.  That  the  cost  of  said  improvement,  except  as 

hereinafter  provided,  including  the  sum  of  $ 

being  the  amount  included  in  the  estimate  of  the  said 

, hereto  attached,  as  the  cost  of  making, 

levying  and  collecting  the  assessment  herein,  and  which 
said  sum  shall  be  applied  toward  the  payment  of  the  afore- 
said and  other  costs  by  law  authorized,  be  paid  by  special 
taxation  to  be  levied  upon  the  property  contiguous  to  and 
abutting  upon  said  improvement  in  the  proportion  that 
each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and  property  may 

front  or  abut  upon  said Street, 

from to , and  to 

pay  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided,  and  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the 
assessment  to  be  levied  upon  the  property  as  hereinabove 
provided,  a special  tax  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  levied 
upon  each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and  property 
contiguous  to  and  abutting  upon  said  improvement,  to  be 
spread  in  the  proportion  hereinabove  stated,  in  accordance 
with  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois, entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,” 
approved  June  14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  and 
amendments  since  made  thereto;  Provided , however , that 
there  shall  be  paid  by  and  assessed  against  the  City  of 

, as  public  benefits,  an  amount  equal 

to per  cent,  of  the  total  cost  of  said  improvement 

and  the  amount  included  in  the  estimate,  hereto  attached, 
as  aforesaid. 


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FORM  NO.  83. 


AN  ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF  PART  OF 
THE  COST  OF  THE  IMPROVEMENT  BY  SPECIAL  TAXATION 
ON  THE  BASIS  OF  FRONTAGE,  AND  THAT  STREET  AND 
ALLEY  INTERSECTIONS  BE  PAID  BY  GENERAL  TAXATION. 


(Follow  form  of  Ordinance  No.  23,  except  as  to  Sec.  3, 
and  insert  as  follows)  : 

Sec.  3.  That  the  cost  of  said  improvement,  including* 

the  sum  of  $ , being  the  amount  included  in  the 

estimate  of  the  said , hereto  attached, 

as  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting  the  assessment 
herein,  and  which  said  sum  shall  be  applied  toward  the  pay- 
ment of  the  aforesaid  and  other  costs  by  law  authorized,  be 
paid  by  special  taxation,  to  be  levied  upon  the  property  con- 
tiguous to  and  abutting  upon  said  improvement  in  the  pro- 
portion that  each  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land  and  pro- 
perty may  front  or  abut  upon  the  said Street, 

from to , and  that 

an  amount  equal  to  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement  at  all 
street  and  alley  intersections  to  the  width  of  the  said  inter- 
secting streets  and  alleys  (or  to  the  width  of  the  roadways 
of  said  intersecting  streets  and  alleys),  be  paid  by  and 

levied  upon  said  city  of , as  public 

benefits ; and  to  pay  the  said  amount  of  the  cost  of  the  said 
improvement  and  the  cost  of  making,  levying  and  collecting 
the  assessment  to  be  levied  upon  the  property  as  herein- 
above provided,  a special  tax  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
levied  upon  each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and  pro- 
perty, continguous  to  and  abutting  thereon,  to  be  spread  in 
the  proportion  hereinabove  stated,  in  accordance  with  an 
act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled 
“An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,”  approved  June 
14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  and  amendments  thereto. 


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FORM  NO.  34. 


AN  ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  THAT  ASSESSMENT  AGAINST  PRO- 
PERTY SHALL  BE  DIVIDED  INTO  INSTALLMENTS. 


(Follow  Form  No.  23  to  Sec.  4 and  insert  Sec.  4,  as 
follows)  : 

Sec.  4.  That  the  aggregate  amount  herein  ordered  to 
be  assessed  against  each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land 

herein  assessed,  shall  be  divided  into installments 

in  the  manner  provided  for  by  the  statutes  in  such  case 
made  and  provided,  and  all  installments  shall  bear  interest 
at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum,  according  to  law. 


FORM  NO.  35. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  THAT  THE  ASSESSMENT  AGAINST  PRO- 
PERTY AND  MUNICIPALITY  BE  DIVIDED 
INTO  INSTALLMENTS. 


(Follow  Form  No.  23  to  Sec.  4 and  insert  Sec.  4,  as 
follows)  : 

Sec.  4.  That  the  aggregate  amount  herein  ordered  to 
be  assessed,  and  each  individual  assessment,  and  also  the 
assessment  against  the  municipality  on  account  of  property 
owned  by  the  municipality,  and  for  public  benefits,  shall 
be  divided  into installments  in  the  manner  pro- 

vided for  by  statute  in  such  cases  made  and  provided  for, 
and  each  of  said  installments  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate 
of  five  per  cent,  per  annum,  according  to  law. 


FORM  NO.  36. 


ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  IMPROVEMENT  BY  SPECIAL 
ASSESSMENT  OR  SPECIAL  TAXATION  WITHOUT  PROVIDING 
FOR  PAYMENT  IN  INSTALLMENTS. 


(Follow  Form  No.  23  to  Sec.  4 and  insert  Sec.  4,  as 
follows)  : 

Sec.  4.  That  the  aggregate  amount  herein  ordered  to 
be  assessed  against  the  property,  and  also  the  assessment 
on  each  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  herein  assessed, 
shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum, 
according  to  law. 


FORM  NO.  38. 


PETITION  FOR  ASSESSMENT  TO  PAY  COST  OF  STREET 
IMPROVEMENT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

County  of 

In  the  . . . 


ss. 


Court, 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding: 

Your  Petitioner,  the  City  of , respect- 

fully represents  that  it  is  a municipal  corporation,  organ- 
ized and  acting  as  such,  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  Act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An 
Act  Providing  for  the  Incorporation  of  Cities  and  Vil- 
lages,” approved  April  10th,  1872,  in  force  July  1st,  1872. 

Your  Petitioner  further  shows  that  heretofore,  to-wit: 

on  the day  of 190 . . , the  City 

Council  of  the  said  City  of , passed  an 


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ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  (here  insert  title  of  ordi- 
nance) which  was  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city  on 

the day  of 190 . . , and  is 

numbered 

Your  Petitioner  attaches  to  and  files  with  this  petition 
a copy  of  the  said  ordinance,  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  said 
city,  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city;  also  a copy  of 
the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 
of  said  city,  of  the  passage  of  said  ordinance  by  the  City 
Council  of  said  city ; also  a copy  of  the  estimate  of  the  cost 
of  the  improvement  authorized  and  ordered  by  said  ordi- 
nance, approved  by  the  City  Council  of  said  city,  being  the 
legislative  body  of  said  city;  said  recommendation  and  said 
estimate  of  cost  being  each  certified  to  by  the  City  Clerk  of 
said  city  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city ; which  said 
copies  of  said  ordinance,  recommendation  of  said  Board  of 
Local  Improvements,  and  said  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said 
local  improvement,  authorized  and  ordered  in  said  ordi- 
nance, your  petitioner  attaches  to  and  files  with  this  peti- 
tion and  makes  a part  thereof,  by  reference. 

Your  petitioner  prays  that  steps  may  be  taken  to  levy 
a special  assessment  for  the  said  improvement,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  said  ordinance  and  an  Act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An 
Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,”  approved  June  14th, 
1897,  and  amendments  thereto. 

City  of Illinois, 

Petitioner, 

By , 

Its  


FORM  NO.  39. 


CITY  CLERK’S  CERTIFICATE  TO  ORDINANCE. 


State  of  Illinois,  ] 

County  of j^ss. 

City  of  J 

I, , City  Clerk  of  the 

City  of , Illinois,  do  hereby  certify 

that  as  such  officer  I am  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of 


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said  city,  the  keeper  and  custodian  of  its  records,  files  and 
proceedings,  and  the  keeper  and  custodian  of  the  books, 
papers,  records,  reports  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and 
that  the  foregoing  document,  entitled  “An  Ordinance 

ft 



is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  original  ordinance  passed 

by  the  City  Council  of  said  City  of 

Illinois,  at  its  regular  meeting  held  on 

190.  .,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city  on 

190.  .,  as  said  original  ordinance  appears  on  file  in  my  said 
office,  and  as  the  same  appears  recorded  in  the  Book  of 
Ordinances  therein. 

IN  TESTIMONY  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  said  City  of 

Illinois,  this day  of , A.  D.  190.  .. 

(Seal.)  City  Clerk  of  City  of , 111. 


FORM  NO.  40. 


CITY  CLERK’S  CERTIFICATE  TO  RECOMMENDATION  OF  BOARD 
OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ] 

County  of ^ss. 

City  of  J 

I,  City  Clerk  of  the 

City  of Illinois,  do  hereby  certify 

that,  as  such  officer,  I am  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of 
said  city,  the  keeper  and  custodian  of  its  records,  files  and 
proceedings,  and  the  custodion  and  keeper  of  the  books, 
papers,  records  and  reports  of  said  city,  and  that  the  fore- 
going document,  headed  “ ,” 

is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  recommendation  of  the 
passage  of  an  ordinance  for  the  local  improvement  of 

Street,  in  said  city,  from  the 

to as  transmitted 

by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  city,  under 
date  of , 190.  .,  to  the  said  City  Council, 


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and  received,  acted  upon  and  approved  by  said  City  Council 

at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  held  on , 190 . ; , 

as  the  same  appears  on  file  in  my  said  office,  and  in  the  rec- 
ords of  said  City  Council. 

IN  TESTIMONY  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  said  City  of 

Illinois,  this day  of A.  D.  190 . . . 


(Seal.)  City  jCIerk  of , 111. 

FORM  NO.  41. 


CITY  CLERK'S  CERTIFICATE  TO  THE  ESTIMATE  OF  COST  OF 
IMPROVEMENT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 


County  of ^ss. 

City  of  J 

I,  , City  Clerk  of  the 

City  of Illinois,  do  hereby  certify 


that,  as  such  officer,  I am  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of 
Said  city,  the  keeper  and  custodian  of  its  records,  files  and 
proceedings,  and  the  custodion  and  keeper  of  the  books, 
papers,  records,  reports,  etc.,  of  said  city,  and  that  the  fore- 
going document,  headed  “ ,” 

is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the 

local  improvement  of Street,  in  said 

city,  from to  

over  the  signature  of  the of  the  Board  of  Local 

Improvements  of  said  city,  as  forwarded  by  said  Board 

under  date  of 190 . . , to  the  said  City 

Council,  and  received,  acted  upon  and  approved  by  said 
City  Council  at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  held  on  the 

day  of 190 . . , as  the  same 

appears  in  the  records  of  said  City  Council,  and  on  file  in 
my  office. 

In  Testimony  whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  said  City  of 

Illinois,  this day  of , A.  D.  190.  .. 


(Seal.) 


City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 


,111. 


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FORM  NO.  42. 


SHORT  AND  SINGLE  CERTIFICATE  FOR  ALL  DOCUMENTS  FILED. 


State  of  Illinois,  ) 

County  of j-ss. 

City  of  J 

I City  Clerk  of  the 

City  of , Illinois,  do  hereby  certify 

that  the  foregoing  ordinance  is  a true  and  correct  copy  of 
an  ordinance  adopted  and  passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the 

City  of , at  a regular  meeting  of  said 

City  Council,  held  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  .,  and  that  the  same  was  signed  and  approved 

by  the  Mayor  of  said  city  on  the dav  of 

. . .,  190.  .. 

I do  further  certify  that  the  foregoing  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  City  of 

is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  same 

as  presented  to,  and  approved  by  the  said  City  Council,  and 
as  attached  to  and  approved  in  and  by  said  ordinance 
passed  as  aforesaid. 

I do  further  certify  that  the  foregoing  estimate  of  the 
of  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  estimate  of  the  cost 
of  the  same,  as  presented  to  and  approved  by  the  said  City 
Council  and  as  attached  to  and  approved  in  and  by  said  or- 
dinance, passed  as  aforesaid. 

I do  further  certify  that  the  originals,  of  which  the 
foregoing  are  true  and  correct  copies,  are  intrusted  to  me 
as  Clerk  of  said  city,  for  my  safekeeping,  and  that  I am  the 
lawful  keeper  and  custodian  of  the  same. 

IN  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  said  corporation,  this 

day  of , 190.  . . 


, 111. 


(Seal.) 


City  Clerk  of 


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FORM  NO.  43. 


CITY  CLERK  S CERTIFICATE  TO  ORDINANCE. 


(Where  Mayor  did  not  approve  ordinance.) 
STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) • 


County  of fss. 

City  of  J 

I,  , City  Clerk  of  the 

City  of , Illinois,  do  hereby  certify 


that,  as  such  officer,  I am  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of 
said  city,  the  keeper  and  custodian  of  its  records,  files  and 
proceedings,  and  the  custodion  and  keeper  of  the  books, 
papers,  records,  reports  and  ordinances  of  said  city;  and 
that  the  foregoing  document,  entitled:  “An  Ordinance 

,”  is  a true  and  correct 

copy  of  the  original  ordinance  passed  by  the  City  Council 

of  said  City  of at  its  regular  meeting, 

held  on , 190 . . , and  deposited  in  my 

office  on  the day  of 190. .,  as 

said  original  ordinance  appears  on  file  in  my  said  office, 
and  as  the  same  appears  recorded  in  the  book  of  ordi- 
nances therein. 

I do  further  certify  that  said  ordinance,  before  the 
same  took  effect  and  immediately  after  its  passage  by  the 
said  City  Council,  was  deposited  in  my  office,  and  that  the 
Mayor  of  said  city  did  not  sign  the  same,  nor  return  the 
same  to  the  said  City  Council  with  his  objections  thereto,  if 
any,  in  writing,  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  said  City 
Council,  occurring  not  less  than  five  days  after  the  passage 
of  said  ordinance  as  aforesaid,  whereupon  the  said  ordi- 
nance took  effect  in  like  manner  as  if  he  had  approved  the 
same. 

IN  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 

and  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of , Illinois, 

this day  of , 190 . . . 


(Seal.) 


City  Clerk  of 


,111. 


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FORM  NO.  44. 


APPOINTMENT  OF  PERSON  TO  MAKE  ASSESSMENT. 


Office  of  Board  of  Local  Improvements. 

To  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  City  of , III. : 

Gentlemen : — By  authority  in  me  vested  by  an  act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An 
Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,’'  approved  June  14th, 

1897,  and  amendments  thereto,  I hereby  appoint 

, as  a competent  person  to  make  a true  and  im- 
partial assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  local  improvement  of 

Street,  in  the  City  of . , 

from  the Street  to  the 

Street,  upon  municipality  and  the  property  benefited  by 
such  improvement,  in  accordance  with  the  ordinance  pro- 
viding for,  authorizing  and  ordering  said  improvement, 
passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 


on , 190 . . , and  approved  by  the  Mayor 

thereof  on , 190 . . , and  the  said  Act  of 


the  General  Assembly,  and  amendments  thereto. 


President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  City  of 


FORM  NO.  45. 


OATH  OF  OFFICE  OF  STREET  IMPROVEMENT  ASSESSOR. 


For  Cost  of  . 
STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


Street. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


I do  solemnly  swear  that  I will  support  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of 


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Illinois,  that  I will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  my 
office  in  making  a true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  costs 

of  the  local  improvement  of Street, 

in  the  City  of , State  of  Illinois,  from  the 

line  of Street  to  the 

line  of Street,  upon  the  City 

of , Illinois,  the  petitioning  munici- 

pality, and  the  property  benefited  by  said  improvement, 
according  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  46. 


PETITION  FOR  CONDEMNATION  AND  ASSESSMENT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  Compensation,  and  Levy  a Speci- 
al Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost  of  the  Local  Improve- 
ment of 

To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding : 

Your  Petitioner, in  the  County  of 

and  State  of respectfully 

represents  that  it  is  a municipal  corporation  organized  and 
acting  as  such  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  Act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act 
Providing  for  the  Incorporation  of  Cities  and  Villages,” 
approved  April  10th,  1872;  in  force  July  1st,  1872. 

Your  Petitioner  further  represents  that  heretofore, 

to-wit : on  the day  of 190 . . , the 

City  Council  of  the  said  City  of , Illinois, 

passed  an  ordinance,  entitled  “An  Ordinance 


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which  was  approved 

by  the  Mayor  of  said  city  on  the day  of 

190 . . , and  is  numbered That  said  ordinance  pro- 

vides that  (here  describe  improvement  sufficiently  to  iden- 
tify it) . 

That  the  following  described  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and 
parcels  of  land  shall  be  taken  for  said  improvement,  to-wit : 
(here  set  out).  That  the  following  described  lots,  blocks, 
tracts  and  parcels  of  land  will  be  damaged  by  the  construc- 
tion of  said  improvement,  to-wit:  (here  set  out). 

Your  Petitioner  attaches  to  and  files  with  this  petition 
a copy  of  the  said  ordinance,  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  said 

City  of under  the  corporate  seal  of  said 

city;  also  a copy  of  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  said  city  of  the  passage  of  said  or- 
dinance by  the  City  Council  of  said  city ; also  a copy  of  the 
estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  improvement  authorized  and 
ordered  by  said  ordinance,  as  approved  by  the  City  Council 

of  said  City  of , being  the  legislative 

body  thereof,  said  recommendation  and  said  estimate  of 
cost  being  each  certified  to  by  the  City  Clerk  of  said  City  of 

under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city ; 

which  said  copies  of  said  ordinance,  recommendation  of 
said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  and  said  estimate  of  the 
cost  of  the  said  local  improvement,  your  Petitioner  attaches 
to  and  files  with  this  petition,  and  makes  a part  thereof  by 
reference. 

Your  petitioner  prays  that  steps  be  taken  to  ascertain 
the  j ust  compensation  to  be  made  for  private  property  to  be 
taken  or  damaged  for  the  improvement  specified  in  said  or- 
dinance, and  to  ascertain  what  property  will  be  benefited  by 
said  improvement,  and  the  amount  of  such  benefit,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  said  ordinance  and  the 
statutes  in  such  cases  made  and  provided. 

City  of 

By its 


, Petitioner, 


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FORM  NO.  47. 

ORDER  OF  COURT  TO  BE  ENTERED  UPON  PRESENTATION  OF 
PETITION  FOR  CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190. .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  by  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 

What  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 


The  City  of having  this  day 

filed  its  petition  herein,  praying,  among  other  things,  that 
steps  may  be  taken  to  ascertain  the  just  compensation  to  be 
made  for  private  property  to  be  taken  or  damaged  and  to 
ascertain  what  property  will  be  benefited  by  the  improve- 
ment contemplated  herein,  and  the  amount  of  such  benefits, 

it  is  ordered  and  adj  udged  by  the  Court  that 

and being  two  competent  per- 

sons, be  and  they  are  hereby  designated  and  appointed  Com- 
missioners in  this  behalf,  to  act  with  (Superintendent  of 
Special  Assessments  or  President  of  the  Board  of  Local 

Improvements,  as  the  case  may  be)  of  the  City  of 

who  shall  investigate  and  report  to  the  Court  the  just  com- 
pensation to  be  made  to  the  respective  owners  of  private 
property,  which  will  be  taken  or  damaged  for  the  improve- 
ment herein,  and  also  what  property  will  be  benefited  by 
such  improvement,  and  the  amount  of  such  benefits  to  each 
parcel,  and  to  do  all  things  as  may  be  by  law  required. 

It  is  further  ordered  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that 
there  shall  be  allowed  to  said  two  Commissioners  the  sum 
of  $ each,  as  a just  and  proper  fee  for  their  ser- 

vices in  this  behalf,  which  said  sum  shall  be  taxed  as  costs 
and  included  in  the  amount  to  be  assessed  herein. 


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FORM  NO.  48. 


OATH  OF  COMMISSIONERS. 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

County  of S ss* 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition,  Etc., 


We,  the  undersigned,  Commissioners  appointed  by  the 
Court  of County,  to  inves- 
tigate and  report  to  the  Court  the  just  compensation  to  be 
made  to  the  respective  owners  of  private  property,  which 
shall  be  taken  or  damaged  for  the  improvement  involved  in 
the  above  entitled  cause,  and  also  what  real  estate  will  be 
benefited  by  such  improvement,  and  the  amount  of  such 
benefit  to  each  parcel,  do  solemnly  swear  that  we  will  sup- 
port the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  will  faithfully  discharge 
the  duties  of  our  office,  by  well  and  truly  investigating  and 
reporting  to  the  Court  the  just  compensation  to  be  made  to 
the  respective  owners  of  private  property,  which  will  be 
taken  or  damaged  for  said  improvement  and  what  real  es- 
tate will  be  benefited  by  such  improvement  and  the  amount 
of  such  benefit  to  each  parcel,  and  perform  all  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  by  law  required  in  such  cases  to  the  best 
of  our  ability. 





Commissioners. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of 

190.  .. 


(Seal.) 


Notary  Public. 


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FORM  NO.  49. 


NOTICE  OF  PASSAGE  OF  ORDINANCE  TO  BE  SENT  TO  TAX 
PAYERS  AND  OCCUPANTS. 

, 111., 190.  .. 

To 

At  a meeting  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  held  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190 . . , an  ordinance  was  passed,  which  was  approved  by  the 

Mayor  of  said  city  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190.  ..,  said  ordinance  being  entitled  “An  Ordinance 



and  which  said  ordinance  provides  for  the  improvement  of 


You  are  hereby  notified  of  the  passage  of  said  ordi- 
nance, and  that  in  pursuance  thereof,  a petition  will  be  filed 

in  the Court  of County,  Illinois, 

praying  that  steps  may  be  taken  to  levy  a special  assess- 
ment for  the  said  improvement  according  to  law  and  the 
provisions  of  said  ordinance. 


Clerk  of  the  City  of ,111. 

Note  : — See  Section  34,  Act  of  1897 — Sidewalks. 


FORM  NO.  50. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  MAILING  NOTICES  OF  PASSAGE  OF  ORDINANCE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


being  first  duly  sworn,  on 

oath  says  that  at  the  request  and  under  the  direction  of  the 
Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 


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Illinois,  he  made  a careful  examination  of  the  books  of  the 

Collector  of , showing  payment  of  the  taxes  for 

the  preceding  year  on  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of 

land  fronting  upon  the  proposed  improvement  of 

referred  to  in  the  petition  in  the  above  entitled  cause,  and 
that  to  each  of  the  persons  he  thus  found  paying  the  said 
taxes,  and  also  to  the  occupant  of  each  lot,  block, 
tract  or  parcel  of  land  fronting  on  said  proposed  improve- 
ment, actually  occupied,  as  acertained  by  him  upon  diligent 

search  and  examination,  he  sent,  postpaid,  on  the day 

of  190,  a notice  of  the  passage  of  said  or- 

dinance, a substantial  copy  of  which  said  notice  being  as 
follows,  to- wit: 

(Here  insert  copy  of  notice.) 

Dated , Illinois, A.  D.  190 . . . 

Note  : — See  Section  34,  Act  of  1897. 


FORM  NO.  51. 


ORDER  OF  COURT_ON  PRESENTATION  OF  PETITION  FOR 
SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


And  now  comes  the  Petitioner  in  the  above  entitled 

cause,  by its 

and  presents  to  the  Court  its  petition  herein,  together  with 
the  exhibits  thereto,  praying  that  steps  may  be  taken  to 
levy  a special  assessment  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  improve- 
ment therein  mentioned. 

It  is  ordered  by  the  Court  that  the  said  petition,  to- 
gether with  the  exhibits  thereto,  be  and  the  same  are  here- 


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by  ordered  filed  in  this  cause,  and  that 

being  a competent  person,  appointed  by  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  said  city,  be  and 
he  is  hereby  ordered  and  directed  to  make  a true  and  im- 
partial assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement  upon 

the  City  of , and  the  property  specially 

benefited  by  such  improvement,  in  manner  directed  by  said 
ordinance  and  as  required  by  law,  and  when  completed,  to 
return  the  same  to  this  Court. 

Approved: , Judge. 

Note  : — The  entry  of  such  an  order  is  not  prescribed. 
It  may  be  found  rather  advisable. 


FORM  NO.  52. 


REPORT — ASSESSMENT  ROLL. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

County  of 

In  the  . . . 


ss. 


Court, 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  Of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Report  and  assessment  roll,  made  by 

duly  and  properly  appointed  and  qualified  according  to  law 
to  make  a true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the 

local  improvement  of 

in  said  City  of Illinois,  in  accordance 

with  the  ordinance  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  said  city,  and  the  estimate  of  the  cost  there- 
of, which  said  ordinance  was  passed  and  said  estimate 
approved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city,  at  a meeting 


thereof  held  on  the day  of , 

A.  D.  190.  .,  and  said  ordinance  approved  by  the  Mayor  of 
said  city  on  the day  of 


A.  D.  190.  .,  said  ordinance  being  entitled  “An  Ordinance 


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>> 



and  recited  in  the  petition  of  said  city  in  the  above  entitled 

cause,  filed  in  said  Court  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  . ; the  said  report  and  assessment  roll  showing 
the  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement  upon 
the  said  City  of , and  upon  all  the  pro- 

perty specially  benefited  by  said  improvement,  together 
with  a list  of  all  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land 
assessed  for  said  improvement,  the  amount  assessed  against 
each,  the  name  of  the  person  who  paid  the  taxes  on  each 
such  parcel  during  the  last  preceding  calendar  year  in 
which  taxes  were  paid,  the  residence  of  the  person 
so  paying  the  taxes  on  each  such  parcel  so  far  as  the  same 
can  be  found  upon  diligent  inquiry,  and  the  amount  of  each 
assessment,  as  follows: 

(Here  follows  assessment  roll.) 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 


y 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 


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FORM  NO.  53. 


REPORT  AND  ASSESSMENT  ROLL — INSTALLMENTS. 


Name  of  person  who  paid 
taxes  during  last  preceding 
Calendar  year  in  which 
taxes  were  paid. 

Residence. 

Ft.  of  Lot 
or  Land 

Property  specially  benefited 

F 

o 

W 

o 

n 

7? 

Dollars  Cents 

ist  Installment 

Second  In- 
stallmet, 
Etc. 

0 

o 

p" 

Cfl 

Total  Assessments 

1 

o 

n 

3 

tn 

In  this  form  the  installments  may  be  extended  across 
the  page  by  adding  a number  of  columns  equal  to  the 
number  of  installments. 


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FORM  NO.  54. 


ANOTHER  FORM  OF  REPORT  AND  ASSESSMENT 
ROLL — INSTALLMENTS. 


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FORM  NO.  55. 


AFFIDAVIT  AND  CERTIFICATE  OF  ASSESSOR — 
ASSESSMENT  ROLL. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


This  affiant, , being  duly 

sworn,  on  oath  states  and  certifies  that  he  was  duly  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments of  the  City  of , Illinois,  to 

make  a true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  im- 
provement of 

in  the  said  City  of , Illinois,  in  accord- 

ance with  the  ordinance  recommended  by  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  said  city  and  the  estimate  of  the 
cost  thereof,  which  said  ordinance  was  passed  and  said  esti- 
mate approved  by  the  City  Council  of  said  city,  at  a meet- 
ing thereof,  held  on  the day  of 

190 . . , and  said  ordinance  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said 

city  on  the day  of , 190 . . , 

and  entitled  “An  Ordinance  

yy 



recited  in  the  petition  of  said  city,  in  the  above  entitled 

cause,  filed  in  said  Court  on  the day  of 

190.  .. 

Affiant  further,  on  oath,  states  that  he  took  the  oath  of 
office  required  by  law  before  entering  upon  his  said  duties, 
and  that  he  has  completed  the  foregoing  assessment  roll ; 
that  the  same  contains  a list  of  all  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts 
and  parcels  of  land  assessed  for  the  proposed  improvement, 
the  amount  assessed  against  each,  the  name  of  the  person 
who  paid  the  taxes  on  each  such  parcel  during  the  last  pre- 
ceding calendar  year  in  which  taxes  were  paid,  as 


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ascertained  upon  a careful  investigation  made  by  him ; the 
residence  of  the  person  so  paying  the  taxes  on  each  such 
parcel,  so  far  as  the  same  could  be  found  upon  diligent  in- 
quiry ; and  the  amount  of  each  installment  of  such  assess- 
ment, in  accordance  with  the  statutes  in  such  cases  made 
and  provided  and  the  ordinance  of  the  said  city  of 


Affiant  further  says  that  he  did  investigate  the  district 
which  will  be  benefited  by  said  proposed  improvement,  be- 
fore making  such  apportionment  and  assessment,  and  re- 
ports the  same,  and  the  boundaries  thereof,  to  be  as  follows : 

(When  improvement  is  the  construction  of  a sewer, 
describe  district  by  boundaries.) 

Affiant  further  says  that  he  made  a careful  examina- 
tion of  the  books  of  the  Collector  of , showing  the  pay- 

ments of  general  taxes  during  the  last  preceding  year  in 
which  taxes  were  paid,  to  ascertain  the  person  or  persons 
who  last  paid  the  taxes  on  said  respective  parcels, lots, blocks 
and  tracts  of  land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in 
said  foregoing  assessment  roll  and  report,  and  also  has 
made  diligent  search  and  inquiry  for  their  residences;  and 
that  the  said  assessment  roll  and  report  correctly  states  the 
names  of  said  person  or  persons  and  their  residences  as  so 
ascertained  by  this  affiant. 

Affiant  further  says  that  he  did  estimate  what  propor- 
tion of  the  total  cost  of  said  improvement  will  be  of  benefit 
to  the  public  and  what  proportion  thereof  will  be  of  benefit 
to  the  property  to  be  benefited,  and  did  apportion  the  same 

between  the  City  of Illinois,  and  such 

property  so  that  each  shall  bear  its  relative  equitable  pro- 
portion ; that  the  amounts  assessed  against  the  public  and 
each  parcel  of  property  are  just  and  equitable  and  do  not 
exceed  the  benefits  which  will  in  each  case  be  derived  from 
said  improvement,  and  that  no  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of 
land  or  property  has  been  assessed  more  than  its  propor- 
tionate share  of  the  cost  of  said  improvement;  that  the 
amount  so  estimated  and  apportioned  to  the  said  City  of 

Illinois,  as  public  benefits  is  the  sum 

of  $ and  the  amount  so  estimated  and  appor- 
tioned to  the  property  to  be  benefited  is  the  sum  of  $ ; 

and  having  found  said  amounts,  he  did  apportion  and  as- 


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sess  the  amount  so  found  to  be  of  benefit  to  the  property 
upon  the  several  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  and 
property  in  the  proportion  in  which  they  will  be  severally 
benefited  by  said  improvement,  all  in  accordance  with  the 
statute  in  such  cases  made  and  provided,  and  the  said  ordi- 
nance of  the  said  City  of , Illinois. 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190. .. 


Notary  Public. 

NOTE: — Ths  form  embraces  all  that  is  required  under 
Section  41  of  the  act  of  1897. 

This  affidavit  should  be  appended  to  the  assessment 
roll  and  report. 

The  matters  embraced  in  this  affidavit  are  not  infre- 
quently divided  into  three  separate  documents,  the  first 
being  a “certificate  of  the  assessor”  attached  to  the  report 
and  assessment  roll ; the  second  a “certificate  under  oath,” 
and  the  third  “an  affidavit”  as  mentioned  in  Section  41. 

They  are  all  so  closely  associated  with  the  performance 
of  a particular  duty  by  the  same  individual  that  it  seems 
rather  useless  to  make  a division  of  the  facts  certified  and 
sworn  to  in  each.  We  shall,  however,  in  the  following  three 
forms,  show  the  division  frequently  made. 

FORM  NO.  56. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  ASSESSMENT,  ETC. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


The  undersigned  hereby  certifies  that  he  was  duly  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 


—79— 


ments  of  the  City  of , Illinois,  to  make  a 

true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  improve- 
ment of 

in  the  said  City  of , Illinois,  in  accordance 

with  the  ordinance  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  said  city,  and  the  estimate  of  the  cost  thereof 
submitted  to  the  City  Council^  of  said  city  by  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  said  city,  upon  the  City  of 

Illinois,  and  the  property  benefited 

thereby ; that  he  took  the  oath  of  office  required  by  law  be- 
fore entering  upon  his  said  duties,  and  that  he  has  com- 
pleted the  foregoing  assessment  roll;  that  the  same  con- 
tains a list  of  all  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land 
assessed  for  the  proposed  improvement,  the  amount  as- 
sessed against  each,  the  name  of  the  person  who  paid  the 
taxes  on  each  such  parcel  during  the  last  preceding  calendar 
year  in  which  the  taxes  were  paid,  as  ascertained  upon 
careful  investigation  made  by  him;  the  residence  of  the 
person  so  paying  the  taxes  on  each  such  parcel,  so  far  as  the 
same  can, upon  diligent  inquiry, be  found,  and  the  amount  of 
each  installment  of  such  assessment,  in  accordance  with  the 
statute  in  such  cases  made  and  provided  and  the  said  ordi- 
nance of  said  City  of That  he  did  in- 

vestigate the  district  which  will  be  benefited  by  said  pro- 
posed improvement,  before  making  such  apportionment  and 
assessment,  and  reports  the  same,  and  the  boundaries  there- 
of, to  be  as  follows : 

(When  the  improvement  is  for  the  construction  of  a 
sewer,  describe  district  by  boundaries.) 

That  he  did  estimate  what  proportion  of  the  total  cost 
of  said  improvement  will  be  of  benefit  to  the  public  and 
what  proportion  thereof  will  be  of  benefit  to  the  property 
to  be  benefited,  and  did  apportion  the  same  between  the 

City  of Illinois,  and  such  property  so 

that  each  shall  bear  its  relative  equitable  proportion ; 
that  the  amount  so  estimated  and  apportioned  to  the 

said  City  of Illinois,  as  public 

benefits,  is  the  sum  of  $ ; and  the  amount  so 

estimated  and  apportioned  to  the  property  to  be  benefited, 

is  the  sum  of  $ . ; and  having  found  said  amounts, 

he  did  apportion  and  assess  the  amount  so  found  to  be  of 


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benefit  to  the  property  upon  the  several  lots,  blocks,  tracts 
and  parcels  of  land  and  property  in  the  proportion  in  which 
they  will  be  severally  benefited  by  said  improvement,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  statutes  in  such  cases  made  and  provid- 
ed, and  the  said  ordinances  of  the  said  City  of . , 

Illinois. 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of A.  D.  190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  57. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  ASSESSOR  UNDER  OATH — 
ASSESSMENT  ROLL. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Improvement  of 


This  affiant,  being  duly  sworn,  on  oath  states  that  he 
has  made  a true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the 

improvement  herein  upon  the  City  of and 

the  property  benefited  by  such  improvement ; that  he 
verily  believes  that  the  amounts  assessed  against  the  City 

of , Illinois,  for  public  benefits,  and 

against  each  parcel  of  property  assessed  in  the  assessment 
roll  by  him  made,  in  pursuance  thereof,  and  attached  here- 
to, are  just  and  equitable  and  do  not  exceed  the  benefits 
which  will  in  each  case  be  derived  from  said  improvement ; 
and  that  no  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel  of  land  or  property 
has  been  assessed  in  said  assessment  for  said  improvement 


more  than  its  proportionate  share  of  the  cost  of  the  said 
improvement. 

) 

Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 
Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this ...  . day 
of , 190.  .. 

y 

Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  58. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH  SECTION  41  OF  THE  ACT  OF 
1897,  WHEN  MADE  BY  SOME  ONE  ACTING 
UNDER  DIRECTION. 


State  of  Illinois, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Improvement  of 


This  affiant,  being  first  duly  sworn,  on  oath  states  that 

at  the  request  and  under  the  direction  of 

who  was  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local 

Improvements  of  the  City  of , Illinois, 

to  make  said  assessment,  he  made  a careful  examination  of 

the  books  of  the  Collector  of , showing  payments  of 

general  taxes  during  the  last  preceding  year  in  which  taxes 
were  paid,  to  ascertain  the  person  or  persons  who  last  paid 
the  taxes  on  the  respective  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of 
land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  assessment 
roll  and  report  filed  herein,  and  that  he  has  made  a diligent 
search  and  inquiry  for  their  residences;  that  said  assess- 
ment roll  and  report  correctly  states  the  names  of  such  per- 
son or  persons  and  their  residences  as  so  ascertained  by 
this  affiant. 


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Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 

NOTE: — Where  the  assessor  personally  has  made  this 
examination  and  investigation,  the  above  matters  may  be 
added  to  the  affidavit  of  mailing  notices,  and  reference  is 
made  to  that  affidavit  in  this  work. 

FORM  NO.  59. 


SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT  NOTICE — INSTALLMENTS — 
PUBLISHING  AND  POSTING. 


NOTICE  Is  Hereby  Given  to  all  persons  interested,  that 

the  City  Council  of , Illinois,  having 

ordered  that  (here  insert  brief  description  of  the  nature  of 
the  improvement) , the  ordinance  for  the  same  being  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city,  having  applied  to 

the Court  of County, 

Illinois,  for  an  assessment  of  the  cost  of  said  improvement 
according  to  benefits,  said  assessment  being  payable  in 

installments,  each  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of 

five  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  an  assessment  therefor  hav- 
ing been  made  and  returned  to  said  Court,  the  final  hearing 

thereon  will  be  had  on  the day  of  

A.  D.  190 . . , at  the  hour  of o’clock  ....  M.,  or  as  soon 

thereafter  as  the  business  of  the  Court  will  permit. 

All  persons  desiring,  may  file  objections  in  said  Court, 
before  said  day,  and  may  appear  on  the  hearing  and  make 
their  defense. 

Dated , Illinois,  190... 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 
FORM  NO.  60. 


SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT  NOTICE — NO  INSTALLMENTS — 
PUBLISHING  AND  POSTING. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  Given  to  all  persons  interested,  that 


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\ 


the  City  Council  of , Illinois,  having 

ordered  that  (here  insert  brief  description  of  the  nature  of 
the  improvement),  the  ordinance  for  the  same  being  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city,  having  applied  to 

the Court  of County, 

Illinois,  for  an  assessment  of  the  cost  of  said  improvement 
according  to  benefits,  and  as  assessment  therefor  having 
been  made  and  returned  to  said  Court,  the  final  hearing 

thereon  will  be  had  on  the day  of , 

A.  D.  190.  .,  at  the  hour  of o’clock  . . . .M.,  or  as  soon 

thereafter  as  the  business  of  the  Court  will  permit. 

All  persons  desiring,  may  file  objections  in  said  Court, 
before  said  day,  and  may  appear  on  the  hearing  and  make 
their  defense. 

Dated Illinois, 190... 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 


FORM  NO.  61. 


NOTICE  OF  HEARING — CONFIRMATION — MAILING. 


Mr 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  on 

190.  .,  the  City  of Illinois,  filed  a pe- 
tition in  the Court  of 

County,  Illinois,  praying  that  steps  be  taken  to  levy  a 

special  assessment  for  the  local  improvement  of 

Street,  from  

to by  (here  briefly  describe 

nature  of  improvement) , in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  the  ordinance  providing  for  said  improvement ; the  total 

cost  of  said  improvement  being  the  sum  of  $ ; 

and  the  total  amount  assessed  as  benefits  upon  the  public 
therein  being  the  sum  of  $ ; which  said  pro- 

ceeding is  now  pending. 

That  an  assessment  roll  was  filed  in  said  proceedings 

in  the  said  Court  on  the day  of  . 

190.  .,  said  assessment  being  payable  in 


install- 


ments,  each  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per 
annum. 

Your  property  is  assessed  therein  as  follows: 

(here  insert  description)  $.  . . . (here  amount) 

(here  insert  description)  $.  . . . (here  amount) 

Application  for  the  confirmation  of  said  assessment 
will  be  made  in  the  said  Court,  to  be  held  in  its  Court  room 

in  the  Court  House  in  the  City  of , Illinois, 

on  the day  of , 190 . . , at  .... 

o’clock  . . . .M.,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  the  business  of  the 
Court  will  permit. 

All  persons  desiring,  may  file  objections  in  said  Court 
before  the  day  lastly  above  mentioned,  and  may  appear  on 
the  hearing  and  make  their  defense. 

Dated , Illinois, 190 . . . 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 


FORM  NO.  62. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  POSTING  NOTICES  OF  FINAL  HEARING. 


ss. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

In  the  Court  thereof. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


This  affiant, being  duly 

sworn,  upon  oath  says,  that  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190 . . , he  posted  notices, 

of  which  the  following  is  a copy,  to-wit : 

(Attach  notice  here.) 

As  follows,  to-wit : By  securely  affixing  the  same, 

one  to  the Street ; 

one  to  the Street ; 

one  to  the Street ; 

one  to  the Street ; 


— £5 — 

Each  of  the  said  four  places  are  in  the  neighborhood  of 
said  improvement,  and  are  public  places  in  the  said  City 
of , Illinois. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this. . . . day 
of , 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  63. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  PUBLICATION. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

In  the 


Court  thereof. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


This  affiant, , being  duly 

sworn,  on  oath  says  and  certifies  that  he  is  the  publisher  of 

the , a daily  newspaper,  of 

general  circulation,  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of 

, County,  Illinois; 

that  as  such he  has  charge  of  and 

superintends  the  publication  of  said  ; 

and  that  a notice,  of  which  the  printed  notice  pasted  hereon 
is  a true  copy,  has  been  published  five  successive  days  in  the 
said  newspaper,  printed  and  published  as  aforesaid,  and 
that  the  date  of  the  first  paper  containing  the  said  published 

notice  was  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  .,  and  that  the  date  of  the  last  paper  containing 

the  same  was  the day  of 

A.  D.  190. .. 

Publisher. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


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FORM  NO.  64. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  MAILING  NOTICE  OF  FINAL  HEARING  FOR  CON- 
FIRMATION OF  ASSESSMENT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


This  affiant, , appointed  by 

the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the 
City  of Illinois,  to  make  the  assess- 

ment to  pay  the  cost  of  the  proposed  improvement  contem- 
plated in  the  petition  herein,  being  duly  sworn,  on  oath, 
says  that  he  sent  by  mail,  prepaying  the  postage  thereon,  on 

the  day  of , A.  D.  190.  ., 

to  each  person  paying  the  taxes  on  the  respective  lots, 
blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  and  property  assessed  for 
the  proposed  improvement  aforesaid,  during  the  last  pre- 
ceding year  in  which  taxes  were  paid,  addressed  to 
such  person  at  his  residence,*  as  shown  in  the  assessment 
roll  filed  herein,  or  if  such  residence  is  not  shown  therein, 
then  to  such  person  so  paying  the  taxes,  directed  generally 

to  the  City  of Illinois,  a notice  of 

which  the  following  is  substantially  a copy : 

(Here  copy  or  attach  notice.) 

Dated  , Illinois,  190... 


Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 

NOTE: — Unless  Section  41  of  Act  of  1897  has  been 
complied  with  in  certificate  of  assessor,  or  otherwise,  do  so 
in  this  affidavit,  or  use  Form  No.  65. 


FORM  NO.  65. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  ASSESSOR  SHOWING  COMPLIANCE  WITH  SECTION 
41  OF  ACT  OF  1897,  AND  MAILING  OF  NOTICE  OF  FINAL 
HEARING  FOR  CONFIRMATION. 


State  of  Illinois, 
County  of 


i 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


This  affiant, being  duly 

sworn,  on  oath  states  that  he  was  duly  appointed  to  make 
a true  and  impartial  assessment  of  the  cost  of  the  improve- 
ment of 

in  said  City  of Illinois,  as  contem- 

plated in  the  petition  in  the  above  entitled  cause;  that  he 
made  a careful  examination  of  the  books  of  the  Collector  of 

, showing  the  payments  of  general  taxes  during  the 

last  preceding  year  in  which  taxes  were  paid,  to  ascertain 
the  person  or  persons  who  last  paid  the  taxes  on  said  re- 
spective parcels,  lots,  blocks  and  tracts  of  land  and  property 
assessed  and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  and  report 
filed  herein,  and  also  has  made  diligent  search  and  inquiry 
for  their  residences,  and  that  said  assessment  roll  and  re- 
port correctly  states  the  names  of  said  person  or  persons 
and  their  residences,  as  so  ascertained  by  this  affiant. 

Affiant  further  says  that  he  sent  by  mail,  prepaying 

the  postage  thereon,  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190 . . , to  each  of  the  said  persons  paying  the  taxes  on 
the  respective  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  and 
property  assessed  for  the  proposed  improvement  aforesaid, 
during  the  last  preceding  year  in  which  taxes  were 
paid,  addressed  to  such  person  at  his  residence,  as 
shown  in  the  assessment  roll  filed  herein,  or  if  such  resi- 
dence is  not  shown  therein,  then  to  such  person  so  paying 
the  taxes,  directed  generally  to  the  City  of 


— 88 — 


Illinois,  a notice  of  which  the  following  is  substantially  a 
copy : 

(Here  copy  notice.) 


Dated , Illinois,  190 . . . 

• • » 

Appointed  to  make  said  assessment. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  66. 


COMMISSIONERS'  REPORT  AND  ASSESSMENT  ROLL — 
CONDEMNATION. 


State  of  Illinois, 
County  of 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  by  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 


what  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement, 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

Report  made  by  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  the 

Court  of County, 

Illinois,  to  investigate  and  report  to  the  said  Court  the  just 
compensation  to  be  made  to  the  respective  owners  of  private 
property  which  will  be  taken  or  damaged  for  the  local  im- 
provement of 

in  said  city,  in  accordance  with  the  ordinance  recommended 
by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  city  and  the 
estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  same,  which  said  ordinance  was 
passed  and  said  estimate  approved  by  the  City  Council  of 

said  city  at  a meeting  thereof,  held  on  the day  of 

, 190 . . , said  ordinance  having  been 


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, approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city,  and  being  entitled  “An 

Ordinance 

and  recited  in  the  petition  of  said  City  of 

to  the  said  Court,  filed  in  said  Court  on  the day  of 

190 . . , and  also  to  investigate  and 

report  what  real  estate  will  be  benefited  by  the  improve- 
ment aforesaid,  and  the  amount  of  such  benefits  to  each 
parcel  of  land,  in  and  by  which  said  report,  said  Commis- 
sioners described  the  respective  parcels  of  property  to  be 
taken  or  damaged  for  such  improvement,  the  names  of  the 
respective  owners  of  record  of  said  parcels  of  land,  and  the 
residence  of  each  such  owner,  the  name  and  residence  of  the 
occupant  of  each  of  said  parcels  of  property,  where  the  pro- 
perty is  occupied,  so  far  as  known  to  said  Commissioners, 
or  can  be  found  upon  diligent  inquiry;  also  the  amount  of 
the  value  of  each  piece  or  parcel  of  property  to  be  taken  for 
said  improvement,  and  the  amount  of  damages  (if  any) 
which,  in  their  opinion,  will  result  to  any  piece  or  parcel  of 
land  not  taken  by  reason  of  said  improvement,  with  a de- 
scription of  each  piece  or  parcel  so  damaged;  also  an  esti- 
mate and  report  of  what  proportion  of  the  total  cost  of  said 
improvement  (including  therein  their  estimate  of  value 
and  damage  and  the  estimate  of  cost)  will  be  of  benefit  to 
the  public,  and  what  proportion  thereof  will  be  of  benefit  to 
the  property,  together  with  an  apportionment  of  the  same 
between  the  said  City  of and  such  pro- 

perty, so  that  each  shall  bear  its  relative  equitable  propor- 
tion. Also  what  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  will 
curate  description  of  each  of  the  same;  and  also  an  appor- 
tionment and  assessment  of  the  amounts  found  to  be  of 
benefit  to  the  property  upon  the  said  several  lots,  blocks, 
tracts  and  parcels  of  land  in  the  proportion  in  which  they 
will  be  severally  benefited  by  said  improvement,  as  follows : 
(Here  follows  assessment  roll.) 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 


Commissioners  appointed  by  the 

of County,  Illinois. 


. . . , 
Court 


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FORM  NO.  67. 


CONDEMNATION — SECTION  OF  COMMISSIONERS'  REPORT  AND 
ASSESSMENT  ROLL. 


NOTE: — This  may  be  used  in  connection  with  roll 
assessing  benefits. 


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FORM  NO.  68. 


commissioners'  certificate  in  condemnation 

PROCEEDINGS. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 


what  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 


These  affiants, 


being  each  first  duly  sworn,  on  oath  say  that  they  are  the 
Commissioners  who  made  the  foregoing  attached  report; 
that  they  have  carefully  examined  the  questions  referred  to 
in  the  said  report,  and  that  in  their  opinion  the  amounts 
awarded  for  damages  and  value  therein,  the  assessment  dis- 
trict therein  shown,  and  the  respective  amounts  assessed 
against  the  private  property  therein,  and  also  the  appor- 
tionment of  the  cost  of  said  improvement  between  the  pub- 
lic and  the  private  property  assessed  (and  the  allowance  for 
property  theretofore  dedicated),  are  correct,  equitable  and 
just. 






Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Court 

of County,  Illinois. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of 190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


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FORM  NO.  69. 

AFFIDAVIT  OF  OWNERSHIP — CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 


what  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

being  first  duly  sworn, 

on  oath  says  that  he  is  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local 

Improvements  of  the  City  of (or  an 

employe  of  the  office  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements),  and  that,  as  such,  he  has  carefully  exam- 
ined the  records  in  the  Recorder's  office  of  said 

County,  for  the  names  of  the  owners  of  record  of  the  sev- 
eral lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  to  be  taken  or 
damaged  for  the  improvement  of 


in  said  City  of , in  accordance  with  the 

ordinance  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments of  said  city,  and  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the 

of  said  Board,  submitted  to  the 

City  Council  of  said  city,  which  said  ordinance  was  passed 
and  said  estimate  approved  by  the  said  City  Council  at  a 

meeting  thereof,  held  on  the day  of , 

190.  .,  and  said  ordinance  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said 

city  on  the day  of , 190 .. , and 

entitled  “An  Ordinance ,” 

and  recited  in  the  petition  of  said  city  in  this  cause ; and 
also  for  the  names  of  the  owners  of  record  of  the  respective 
lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  against  which  bene- 
fits are  assessed  in  said  report,  and  that  the  names  of  such 
owners  are  correctly  shown  in  the  column  or  schedule  of 
ownership  in  said  report. 


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Affiant  further  says  that  he  has  diligently  inquired  as 
to  the  residence  of  the  respective  owners  of  property  to  be 
taken  or  damaged  for  said  improvement,  and  as  to  the  resi- 
dence of  the  respective  owners  of  all  the  respective  lots, 
blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  against  which  benefits 
have  been  assessed  in  said  report,  by  a careful  examination 
of  the  files  and  records  of  said  Recorder’s  office,  and  of  the 
return  of  the  Collector’s  warrant  for  taxes  for  the  last  pre- 
ceding calendar  year,  and,  also,  by  visiting  each  of  the  said 
parcels  of  land  and  inquiring  of  the  occupants  of  said  lands, 
so  far  as  the  same  were  occupied,  and  of  the  occupants  of, 
and  residents  upon  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  said  lands,  and 
of  the  relatives  and  friends  of  said  parties  where  known, 
and  that  the  residences  of  the  said  owners  of  the  said  pro- 
perty to  be  taken  or  damaged  for  the  said  improvement, 
and  of  the  said  owners  of  all  respective  lots,  blocks,  tracts 
and  parcels  of  land  against  which  benefits  have  been  as- 
sessed in  said  report,  are  correctly  stated  according  to  the 
result  of  his  said  examination  and  inquiry  in  the  column  or 
schedule  of  residences  in  said  report. 

Affiant  further  says  that  in  all  cases  where  he  has 
been  unable  to  find  the  residence  of  the  owner  of  such 

record  title,  he  has  examined  the  return  of  the 

Collector’s  warrant  for  taxes  on  real  estate  for  the  preced- 
ing year,  and  has  set  opposite  each  such  parcel  of  land, 
whose  owner  has  not  been  found,  the  name  of  the  person 
who  paid  the  tax  on  said  parcel  for  the  preceding  year,  to- 
gether with  his  place  of  residence,  wherever,  upon  diligent 
inquiry,  he  was  able  to  find  the  same. 

Affiant  further  says  that  he  found  that  the  following;- 
named  defendants  are  non-residents  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  that  the  place  of  residence  of  each  of  them  is  correctly 
stated  opposite  their  respective  names,  as  follows,  to-wit : 
Names  of  Non-Resident  Defendants.  Residence  of  Same. 


Affiant  further  says  that  the  residents  of  the  following- 
named  defendants  are  unknown  and  cannot  be  ascertained, 
as  before  stated : 


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Names  of  Defendants  Whose  Residence  is  Unknown . 


This  affiant  further  states  that  he  has  visited  each  of 
the  parcels  of  land  to  be  taken  or  damaged  for  said  improve- 
ment, described  in  said  report,  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining whether  or  not  the  same  was  occupied  and  the  name 
and  residence  of  the  occupant,  if  any,  and  made  diligent 
effort  to  ascertain  the  same,  and  that  in  every  case  where 
said  parcels  of  land  were,  upon  such  investigation,  found  to 
be  occupied,  the  name  of  the  occupant  is  stated  in  said  re- 
port opposite  such  parcel,  together  with  his  residence  when 
ascertained. 




President  of  Boord  of  Local  Improvements. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190.  .. 




Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  70. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  FOR  PUBLICATION — CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

County  of > ss‘ 

In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

City  of , Illinois, 1 

— vs. — 


And  all  other  persons  having  orj 
claiming  interest  in  any  of  the^ 
premises  designated  and  de- 1 
scribed,  “All  Whom  It  May  Con-j 
cern,,, 

Defendants.  J 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 


—95— 


provement  of 


What  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

And  now  comes  the  Petitioner  herein,  and  it  appearing 
to  the  Court  from  the  affidavit  of  ownership  filed  herein, 

that 

defendant.  ..  .in  this  cause  non-resident... 

of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  the  place  of  residence  of 
said  defendant as  follows: 


And  also  that  the  place  of  residence  of 


defendant ....  herein , shown  by  said  affidavit 

to  be  unknown,  and  cannot,  after  due  examination,  search 
and  inquiry,  be  ascertained,  by  reason  whereof  personal 
service  of  process  cannot  be  had  on  . . . h 

It  is  orderd  by  the  Court  that  the  Clerk  of  this  Court 
cause  publication,  in  the  manner  required  by  law,  to  be 
made  as  to  the  above-named  defendants  and  “All  Whom  It 

May  Concern,”  in  the 

a newspaper  published  in  the  City  of 

Illinois,  which  is  hereby  designated  for  that  purpose, 
in  manner  and  form  prescribed  by  law. 


-96- 


FORM  NO.  71. 


NOTICE  BY  PUBLICATION  AND  POSTING — CONDEMNATION. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

In  the  . . . 

To  the 

City  of 

— vs. — 


£ ss. 

Court, 

....  Term,  A.  D.  190.  . . 
, IllinoisJ 


And  all  other  persons  having  orj 
claiming  interest  in  any  of  the|> 
premises  designated  and  de- 
scribed, “All  Whom  It  May  Con- 
cern, 

Defendants. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 


what  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 

and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

It  appearing  in  the  above  entitled  cause,  from  the  files 
therein  and  the  affidavit  of  ownership,  filed  therein,  on  the 

day  of  A.  D.  190.  .,  that 

the  defendants  (here  name  non-residents),  impleaded  with 
others,  above  named  and  made  parties  defendant  in  said 
cause,  are  non-residents  of  the  State  of  Illinois;  and  it  ap- 
pearing also  from  said  files  and  said  affidavit,  that  the  place 
of  residence  of  (here  name  defendants  whose  residences 
are  unknown),  defendant,  .herein,  are  shown  thereby  to  be 
unknown,  and  cannot,  after  due  and  diligent  examination, 
search  and  inquiry,  be  ascertained,  so  that  personal  service 
of  process  can  not  be  had  on ...  h ....  ; notice  is  hereby 
given  to  said  defendants  and  to  the  defendants  designated 
as  “All  Whom  It  May  Concern,”  and  to  all  other  persons 
and  parties  named  in  the  report  and  assessment  roll  of  the 
Commissioners,  filed  in  the  above  entitled  cause  in  said 


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Court,  against  whose  property  benefits  have  been  assessed 
therein,  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  improvement  hereinafter  de- 
scribed ; that  on  the day  of , 

190. .,  said  City  of filed  its  petition  in 

the  said Court  of County, 

praying  that  steps  be  taken  to  ascertain  the  just  compensa- 
tion to  be  made  for  private  property  to  be  taken  or  damaged 

for  the  improvement  of (here  describe),  in  said 

city,  ordered  and  provided  for  in  and  by  an  ordinance  of 

said  city,  entitled  “An  Ordinance ,” 

and  to  ascertain  what  property  will  be  benefited  by  such  im- 
provement and  the  amount  of  such  benefit,  and  to  levy  a 
special  assessment  upon  all  the  property  benefited  by  said 
improvement,  to  pay  the  cost  of  said  improvement,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  said  ordinance 
and  in  manner  provided  by  law ; that  the  summons  in  said 

cause  is  made  returnable  on  the day  of 

190.  .,  to  said  Court,  to  be  held  in  the  Court  House  in  the 

City  of , County,  Illinois, 

and  that  the  pieces  and  parcels  of  property  to  be  taken  for 
said  improvement  are  described  as  follows,  to- wit: 


And  that  the  pieces  and  parcels  of  property  to  be  damaged 
by  the  making  of  said  improvement  are  described  as  fol- 
lows, to-wit: 


That  the  total  cost  of  said  improvement,  as  shown  by 

the  estimate  and  report  herein,  is  the  sum  of  $ ; 

that  a special  assessment  has  been  made  to  raise  the  cost  of 
the  said  improvement,  and  that  the  report  thereof  was  filed 

in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  said Court, 

of  the  said County,  in  the  Court  House  in 

the  said  City  of County  and  State 

aforesaid,  on  the day  of , A.  D. 

190 . . , and  that  the  proceedings  therein  are  now  pending. 

You  are  further  hereby  notified  that  summons  in  the 

said  cause  is  made  returnable  to  the Term, 

190.  .,  of  the  said Court,  to  be  held  in  the 

said  Court  House  in  the  said  City  of on  the 


—98— 


day  of , A.  D.  190 . . , when  and 

where  you  may  appear  and  defend  if  you  see  fit  so  to  do. 
Dated  , Illinois,  190... 


Clerk  of  the Court  of County,  Illinois. 


FORM  NO.  72. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  MAILING  NOTICES  TO  PARTIES  ASSESSED 
— CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  > 

County  of 5 ss* 

In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

City  of , Illinois,' 

— vs. — 


And  all  other  persons  having  or 
claiming  interest  in  any  of  the  ► 
premises  designated  and  de- 
scribed, “All  Whom  It  May  Con- 
cern,’’ 

Defendants. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of  . 

* 

what  Property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

This  affiant,  being  first  duly  sworn,  upon  oath  says  that 
he  is  one  of  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Court  in 
the  above  entitled  cause ; that  he  sent  by  mail,  postpaid,  on 

the day  of A.  D.  190.  ., 

to  each  person  whose  property  has  been  assessed  for  bene- 
fits in  the  assessment  roll  and  report  returned  by  the  Com- 
missioners in  the  above  proceeding  (not  being  owners  of 
property  taken  or  damaged  therefor),  directed  to  the 
address  as  shown  in  said  report  filed  herein,  or  where 


—99— 


not  so  shown,  then  directed  generally  to  the  City  of 

Illinois,  a notice,  stating  the  nature 

of  the  said  proposed  improvement,  the  description  of  such 
owner's  property  assessed  therefor,  the  amount  of  such  as- 
sessment and  the  date  when  the  summons  in  said  cause  is 
returnable  and  when  objections  thereto  may  be  filed,  a copy 
of  which  said  notice  is  hereto  attached  and  referred  to  and 
made  a part  of  this  affidavit  by  reference. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of 190... 


Notary  Public. 

FORM  NO.  73. 


AFFIDAVIT  OF  MAILING  AND  POSTING  NOTICE  TO  NON-RESI- 
DENT DEFENDANTS — CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

County  of > ss* 

In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

City  of Illinois,' 

— vs. — 


And  all  other  persons  having  or 
claiming  interest  in  any  of  the  • 
premises  designated  and  de- 
scribed, “All  Whom  It  May  Con- 
cern," 

Defendants. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of  . . 


what  property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

This  affiant,  being  duly  sworn,  on  oath  states  that  on 


— 100 — 


the day  of , A.  D.  190 . . , 

being  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  return  day  of  the 
summons  issued  in  the  above  entitled  cause,  he  sent  by  mail, 
postage  prepaid,  to  each  of  the  following  named  defendants, 
being  defendants  named  in  the  report  of  the  Commissioners 
filed  herein,  and  whose  residence  are  shown  thereby  to  be 
outside  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  being  their  respective 
places  of  residence  as  shown  and  stated  in  said  report, 
where  such  residence  is  stated  therein,  to- wit: 


To , addressed  to 

To , addressed  to 


(etc.)  And  as  to  each  of  the  following  named  defendants, 

to-wit: 

named  in  the  said  report  of  the  Commissioners  filed  herein, 
whose  residence  is  not  shown  therein,  or  is  shown  and 
found  thereby,  or  in  the  affidavit  of  ownership  filed  herein, 
to  be  unknown,  he  sent  by  mail,  postpaid,  on  the  date  afore- 
said, to  the  persons  last  paying  taxes  upon  such  premises, 
where  his  residence  is  stated  in  said  report,  addressed  to 
him  at  his  place  of  residence  as  so  shown,  to-wit : 

To , addressed  to 

To , addressed  to 

(etc.),  a copy  of  the  notice  in  the  above  entitled  cause,  pub- 
lished in  the a newspaper, 

published  and  printed  in  the  City  of 

Illinois,  a copy  of  which  said  notice  being  hereto  appended, 
and  referred  to,  and  made  a part  hereof,  by  reference. 

Affiant  further  says  that  on  the  ....  day  of 

A.D.  190.  .,  he  posted  notices,  of  which  the  aforesaid  notice 
is  a copy,  as  follows,  to-wit : By  securely  affixing  the  same, 

one  to  the . . . .,  premises  No Street, 

one  to  the premises  No Street ; 

that  said  places  are  two  public  places  in  the  City  of 

, Illinois,  and  are  in  the  vicinity  and 

neighborhood  of  said  improvement. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190.  .. 


Notary  Public, 


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FORM  NO.  74. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  PUBLICATION — CONDEMNATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

County  of 5 ss* 

In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

City  of , Illinois,] 

— vs. — 


And  all  other  persons  having  or| 
claiming  interest  in  any  of  the}> 
premises  designated  and  de- 
scribed, “All  Whom  It  May  Con- 
cern,^ 

Defendants. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Ascertain  the  Compensation  for  Private 
Property  to  be  Taken  or  Damaged  for  the  Local  Im- 
provement of 


what  property  will  be  Benefited  by  such  Improvement 
and  the  Amount  Thereof. 

This  affiant, being  duly  sworn, 

on  oath  says  and  certifies  that  he  is  the  publisher  of  the 
a newspaper  of  general  circu- 
lation, printed  and  published  in  the  City  of 

County,  Illinois ; that  as  such  publisher 

he  has  charge  of  and  superintends  the  publication  of  the 

said and  that  a notice,  of  which 

the  printed  notice  attached  hereto  is  a true  copy,  has  been 
published  four  weeks  consecutively,  at  least  once  in  each 
week,  in  said  newspaper,  printed  and  published  as  afore- 
said; that  the  date  of  the  first  paper  containing  said  pub- 
lished notice  was  on  the day  of , 

A.  D.  190.  .,  and  that  the  date  of  the  last  paper  containing 


f 


—102— 


the  same  was  on  the day  of 

190... 

Dated , Illinois, 190. .. 

, Publisher. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day 

of , 190. .. 


Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  75. 


AGREEMENT  TO  APPORTION  INTERESTS  IN  PROPERTY  ASSESSED 
AMONG  SEVERAL  OWNERS — DIRECTED  TO  THE  ASSESSOR. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 

In  the  . . 
To  the 


•ss. 

Court, 

Term,  A.  D.  190. .. 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Mr , 

Appointed  to  make  the  assessment  in  the  above  en- 
titled cause. 

The  undersigned,  being  the  sole  and  several  owners  of 
the  property  described  in  the  hereto  attached  schedule,  re- 
spectfully request  and  hereby  authorize  you  to  cause  the  as- 
sessment against  said  property,  and  each  installment  there- 
of, to  be  apportioned  upon  our  respective  interests  in  man- 
ner and  form  and  in  the  amounts  set  forth  in  the  schedule 
hereto  attached,  and  also  authorize  you  to  file  this  request 
and  authority  with  the  files  in  the  above  entitled  cause  and 
to  make  the  same  a part  thereof. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 


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FORM  NO.  76. 


PETITION  TO  APPORTION  INTERESTS  IN  PROPERTY  ASSESSED 
AMONG  SEVERAL  OWNERS — DIRECTED  TO  THE  COURT. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


£ ss. 


In  the Court 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


To  the  Honorbale  Judge  Presiding : 

The  undersigned,  being  the  sole  and  several  owners 
of  the  property  mentioned  and  described  in  the  hereto  at- 
tached schedule,  assessed  for  benefits  in  the  above  entitled 
cause  in  the  assessment  roll,  filed  herein,  respectfully  peti- 
tion your  Honorable  Body  that  the  assessment  against  the 
said  property,  and  each  installment  thereof,  be  apportioned 
upon  our  several  interests  in  the  said  property  in  manner 
and  form  and  in  the  amounts  set  forth  in  the  hereto  attached 
schedule,  as  may  appear  to  the  Court  to  be  just  and  proper 
in  the  premises. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 


FORM  NO.  77. 


REQUEST  BY  OWNERS  OF  PROPERTY  THAT  AN  ASSESSMENT 
AGAINST  TRACT  OF  LAND  BE  DIVIDED — 

DIRECTED  TO  ASSESSOR. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 


—104— 


of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Mr , 

Appointed  to  make  the  assessment  in  the  above  en- 
titled cause. 

The  undersigned,  being  the  sole  owner.  . . of  the  pro- 
perty described  in  the  schedule  hereto  attached,  do  hereby 
respectfully  request  and  authorize  you  to  cause  the  assess- 
ment against  the  said  property,  and  each  installment  there- 
of, for  the  improvement  involved  in  the  above  entitled  cause, 
to  be  divided  and  apportioned  according  to  the  division  of 
said  tract  of  land  contained  in  the  said  attached  schedule, 
instead  of  causing  an  assessment  to  be  made  on  the  said 
property  as  a whole. 

You  are  hereby  authorized  to  file  this  request  and 
authority  with  the  files  in  the  above  entitled  cause  and  to 
make  the  same  a part  thereof. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 

Name Address. 


FORM  NO.  78. 


PETITION  BY  OWNERS  OF  PROPERTY  THAT  AN  ASSESSMENT 
AGAINST  TRACT  OF  LAND  BE  DIVIDED — 

DIRECTED  TO  THE  COURT. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

In  the  . . . 


Court, 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding: 

The  undersigned,  being  the  sole  owner.  . . of  the  pro- 
perty described  in  the  schedule  hereto  attached,  which  has 


— 105 — 


been  assessed  benefits  in  the  above  entitled  cause  in  the  as- 
sessment roll  filed  herein,  respectfully  petition  your  Honor- 
able Body  that  the  assessment  against  the  said  property, 
and  each  installment  thereof,  be  divided  and  apportioned  so 
that  the  assessment  against  said  property,  as  a whole,  and 
each  installment  thereof,  may  be  divided  and  apportioned 
according  to  the  division  made  in  the  said  hereto  attached 
schedule,  as  may  appear  to  the  Court  to  be  just  and  proper 
in  the  premises. 


FORM  NO.  79. 


OBJECTION  FILED  TO  ASSESSMENT  PROCEEDINGS. 


ss. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190. 

The  undersigned,  being  the 

following  described  property,  to- wit: 


. of  the 


which  has  been  assessed  benefits  in  the  above  entitled  cause, 
comes  and  defends,  etc.,  and  objects  to  the  confirmation  of 
the  assessment  roll  filed  herein,  for  the  reasons  and  be- 
cause : 

1st.  etc.  (Here  set  out  objections.) 

And  this  objector  ever  prays,  etc. 


Objector. 


-106- 


FORM  NO.  80. 


WAIVER  OF  TRIAL  BY  JURY. 


State  of  Illinois, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the . . Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Now  comes  the  Petitioner  in  the  above  entitled  cause, 
by its  attorney,  and  the  undersigned. 


objector  herein,  in  person  (or  by attorney) , 

and  by  agreement,  trial  by  jury  of  the  objections  filed  here- 
in, is  waived. 

City  of , 111., 

By 

Its  Attorney. 



Objector. 


FORM  NO.  81. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  ON  CONFIRMATION — NO  OBJECTIONS. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190. .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Now,  on  this day  of 

A.  D.  190. . , it  being  one  of  the  regular  judicial  days  of  the 

Term,  A.  D.  190 . . , of  said  Court,  comes  the 

Petitioner  herein,  the  City  of Illinois,  by 


— 107 — 


its  attorney,  and  moves  the  Court  for 

default  herein,  and  for  judgment  of  confirmation  of  the 
report  and  assessment  roll  herein.  And  this  cause  coming 
on  to  be  heard,  upon  the  evidence  introduced  by  the  Peti- 
tioner herein,  no  objections  to  said  assessment  or  proceed- 
ings having  been  filed  herein  and  no  defense  thereto  having 
been  made,  and  the  Court  being  fully  advised  in  the  prem- 
ises, it  is  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  improvement  herein,  by  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  said  city  to  the  City  Council  of  said 
city,  relative  to  said  improvement  and  the  estimate  of  the 
cost  of  said  improvement  submitted  to  the  City  Council  of 
said  city,  as  required  by  law,  and  the  ordinance  submitted 
to  said  City  Council  by  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments, providing  for  said  improvement,  were  each  and  all 
duly  and  legally  adopted,  passed  and  approved  by  the  City 
Council  of  said  city,  and  said  ordinance  approved  by  the 
Mayor  thereof,  and  are  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient; 
and  that  all  the  preliminary  requirements  of  the  law  have 
been  duly  and  fully  complied  with;  that  the  petition  filed 

by  the  said  City  of , praying  that  steps 

may  be  taken  to  levy  a special  assessment  for  said  improve- 
ment, and  the  copies  of  the  said  ordinance,  recommendation 
and  estimate  filed  herewith,  and  made  a part  thereof,  to- 
gether with  the  certificates  of  the  Clerk  of  the  said  city, 
thereto,  are  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient;  that  notice 
was  duly  given  as  required  by  law,  among  other  things,  of 
the  nature  of  the  above  stated  improvement,  of  the  penden- 
cy of  this  proceeding,  of  the  time  and  place  of  filing  the 
petition  therefor,  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  filing  of  the 
assessment  roll  herein,  and  of  the  time  and  place  at  which 
application  will  be  made  for  the  confirmation  of  the  assess- 
ment herein,  which  notices  were  duly  mailed  more  than  fif- 
teen days  before  the  date  at  which  application  for  the  con- 
firmation of  the  assessment  roll  herein  would  be  made, which 
said  notices  were  sent  by  mail  postpaid  to  each  of  the  per- 
sons paying  the  taxes  on  the  respective  parcels  during  the 
last  preceding  year  in  which  taxes  were  paid,  at  his  place  of 
residence  as  shown  in  the  assessment  roll  filed  herein,  or 
where  such  residence  is  not  shown  in  the  said  assessment 
roll,  then  to  such  persons  so  paying  the  taxes  as  aforesaid, 


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directed  generally  to  the  City  of , Illinois ; 

that  such  notices,  among  other  things,  stated  the  amount 
assessed  to  the  person  to  whom  the  same  was  direted,  for 
the  proposed  improvement,  the  total  amount  of  the  cost  of 
said  improvement,  and  the  total  amount  assessed  as  bene- 
fits upon  the  public,  and  that  said  notices  were  in  all  re- 
spects legal  and  sufficient  and  given  in  manner  and  form 
and  for  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

That  in  addition  to  the  other  notices  by  law  required, 
notices  were  posted  in  at  least  four  public  places  in  the 

neighborhood  of  said  improvement  in  said  City  of 

and  a like  notice  was  published  at  least  five  successive  days 


in  the a daily  newspaper  published  in 

said  City  of ; that  said  notices  were  posted 


and  said  first  publication  of  the  notice  aforesaid  was  made 
at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  time  at  which  confirmation 
of  said  assessment  was  sought,  and  that  each  of  said  no- 
tices were  over  the  name  of  the  officer  levying  the  assess- 
ment herein,  and  substantially  as  prescribed  by  the  statutes 
of  this  state  in  such  cases,  stating  also  that  the  said  assess- 
ment is  payable  in  installments,  the  number  of  install- 
ments and  the  rate  of  interest  thereon,  and  that  said  notices 
were  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient,  and  posted  and 
published  in  manner  and  form  and  for  the  time  prescribed 
by  law. 

It  is  further  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  it 
has  obtained  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  of  all  the  per- 
sons having  or  claiming  interest  in  any  of  the  property 
mentioned  or  described  in  the  assessment  roll  herein,  and  of 
the  property  therein  described,  and  of  the  cause  and  the 
subject  matter  thereof;  that  all  proceedings  and  steps  by 
law  required  or  prescribed  have  been  duly  and  fully  com- 
plied with  and  taken  in  manner  and  form  as  prescribed  by 
law. 

IT  Is  THEREFORE  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THE 
COURT,  That  default  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered 
against  each  and  all  of  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels 
of  land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  said  as- 
sessment roll  and  report  for  said  improvement,  returned 
and  filed  in  this  Court,  and  against  all  owners  and  persons 
interested  in  the  same,  and  that  said  report  and  assessment 


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roll,  and  all  proceedings  therein,  and  thereon,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  confirmed,  and  judgment  of  confirmation 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered  accordingly. 

IT  Is  Further  ordered  by  the  Court,  That  the  Clerk 
of  this  Court  certify  the  said  assessment  roll  confirmed  as 
aforesaid,  together  with  this  judgment  and  his  warrant,  to 

the of  said  City  of 

as  required  by  law. 

Approved: , Judge. 


FORM  NO.  82. 


(SHORT  FORM)  ORDER  OF  COURT  OF  CONFIRMATION — 
NO  OBJECTIONS. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Now,  on  this day  of 

A.  D.  190.  .,  it  being  one  of  the  regular  judicial  days  of  the 

Term,  A.  D.  190.  .,  of  said  Court,  comes  the 

Petitioner  herein,  the  City  of , Illinois,  by 

its  attorney,  and  moves  the  Court  for 

default  herein,  and  for  judgment  of  confirmation  of  the 
report  and  assessment  roll  herein.  And  this  cause  coming 
on  to  be  heard,  and  the  Court  having  heard  the  evidence  in- 
troduced by  the  Petitioner  herein,  and  no  objections  to 
said  assessment  or  proceedings  having  been  filed  herein, 
and  no  defense  thereto  having  been  made,  and  the  Court 
being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  it  is  found  and  ad- 
judged by  the  Court,  that  all  the  requirements  of  the  law 
as  to  posting,  publishing  and  mailing  notices  to  the  owners 
of  property  assessed,  have  been  complied  with,  and  that 


due  notice,  in  manner  and  form  and  for  the  time,  as  re- 
quired by  law,  has  been  given  of  this  application,  and  of  the, 
making  and  return  of  the  said  assessment,  and  of  the  time 
for  the  final  hearing  thereon ; and  that  all  other  preliminary 
requirements  of  the  law  have  been  duly  and  fully  complied 
with ; that  all  the  steps  prescribed  by  law  have  been  taken 
in  manner  and  form  as  provided  by  law;  and  that  this 
Court  has  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  the  premises. 

IT  Is  THEREFORE  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THE 
Court,  That  default  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered 
against  each  and  all  of  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels 
of  land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  said  as- 
sessment roll  and  report  for  said  improvement,  returned 
and  filed  in  this  Court,  and  against  all  owners  and  persons 
interested  in  the  same,  and  that  said  report  and  assessment 
roll,  and  all  proceedings  therein,  and  thereon,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  confirmed,  and  judgment  of  confirmation 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered  accordingly  (as  follows, 
to- wit:  Here  copy  assessment  roll  as  confirmed.  See  note.) 

IT  Is  FURTHER  ORDERED  BY  THE  Court,  That  the  Clerk 
of  this  Court  certify  the  said  assessment  roll  confirmed  as 
aforesaid,  together  with  this  judgment  and  his  warrant,  to 

the of  said  City  of , 

as  required  by  law. 

Approved: , Judge. 

NOTE : — This  form  must,  of  course,  vary  to  conform  to 
the  proceedings  had  in  the  particular  case,  especially  so, 
when  the  assessments  have  in  any  way  been  changed,  by 
other  orders  of  this  Court,  which  may  be  incorporated  in 
this  general  order  or  covered  by  independent  orders. 

It  is  quite  advisable  to  provide  in  the  order  of  confir- 
mation that  the  assessment  roll,  as  confirmed,  be  copied  in 
the  records  of  the  Court,  and  thus  relieve  against  the  possi- 
bility of  its  loss  or  destruction.  When  this  is  desired  it 
may  be  done  as  indicated  in  this  form. 


—111- 


FORM  NO.  83. 


RESOLUTION  OF  BOARD  DESIGNATING  NEWSPAPER  FOR 
ADVERTISEMENT  FOR  BIDS. 


Be  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 

of  the  City  of Illinois  that 

a newspaper,  published  in  the  City  of 

Illinois,  be  and  the  same  is  herby  adopted 

for  the  purpose  of  publishing  advertisements  that  bids  will 
be  received  for  constructing  local  improvements. 


FORM  NO.  84. 


RESOLUTION — ORDER  OF  BOARD  TO  ADVERTISE  FOR  BIDS. 


Be  it  Resolved , By  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements 

of  the  City  of , Illinois,  that  advertisement 

for  proposals  for  bids  for  the  improvement  of 

be  made  and  orderd  in  the 

a newspaper  published  in  this  city,  in  accordance  with  the 
form  of  “The  Notice  of  Proposal  for  Bids,”  submitted  at 

this  meeting ; that  said  bids  shall  be  opened  on  the 

day  of A.  D.  190. .,  at  the  hour  of . . . . 

o’clock  . . . . M.  And  be  it  also  resolved,  that  the  form  of  the 
“Instructions  to  Bidders,”  “Contractor’s  Proposal,”  “Com 
tract”  and  “Bond”  at  this  meeting  submitted,  be  adopted 
by  this  Board. 


FORM  NO.  85. 


NOTICE  OF  PROPOSAL  FOR  BIDS. 


Notice  to  Contractors. 

Sealed  bids  will  be  received  for  the  construction  of  the 
improvement  of  (here  describe  improvement),  by  the 
Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 
Illinois,  until  the day  of 


, A.  D. 


—112— 


190.  at  the  hour  of o’clock  . . . .M.,  at  its  office,  in 

the in  the  said  City  of , 

Illinois,  at  which  time  and  place  said  bids  will  be  publicly 
opened. 

It  is  estimated  that  there  will  be  about  (here  give  esti- 
mate of  quantites). 

Said  improvement  shall  be  constructed  and  made  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  ordinance  providing  for  the  same  and  the 
maps,  plats,  plans,  profiles  and  specifications  for  the  same 
on  file  in  the  office  of  the of  said  city. 

Proposals  must  be  made  on  blanks  furnished  by  said 
Board  and  in  compliance  with  the  instructions  thereto  at- 
tached, which  can  be  had  on  application  to  the 

and  must  be  accompanied  by  cash  or  by  a check  payable  to 
the  order  of  the  President  of  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments in  his  official  capacity,  certified  by  a responsible  bank, 
for  an  amount  not  less  than  ten  per  cent.  (10  per  cent.)  of 
the  aggregate  of  the  proposal. 

The  contractor  shall  be  paid  in  (here  specify;  if  pay- 
ment is  to  be  made  in  bonds,  state  rate  of  interest  they 
bear) . 

No  bids  will  be  received  unless  the  party  offering  it 
shall  furnish  evidence  satisfactory  to  said  Board  of  Local 
Improvements  that  he  has  the  necessary  facilities,  ability 
and  pecuniary  resources  to  fulfill  the  conditions  of  the  con- 
tract and  execute  the  work  should  the  contract  be  awarded 
to  him. 

Bidders  will  examine  the  ordinance,  maps,  plats,  plans, 
profiles  and  specifications,  and  also  the  locality  in  which 
said  work  is  to  be  done  and  judge  for  themselves  of  all  the 
circumstances  and  surrounding  conditions  affecting  the 
cost  and  nature  of  the  work. 

The  Board  of  Local  Improvements  reserves  the  right 
to  reject  any  and  all  bids,  as  authorized  by  law. 

Dated  Illinois,  190... 


Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 


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FORM  NO.  86. 


INSTRUCTIONS  TO  BIDDERS. 


Improvement  of From 

To 

1.  Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 

Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  until  , 190..,  at o’clock 

....  M.,  in  accordance  with  the  official  advertisement. 

2.  Proposals  must  be  made  out  upon  the  accompany- 

ing blank  form,  addressed  to  President,  and  endorsed 
“Proposal  for ” 

3.  All  bids  must  be  accompanied  by  cash  or  by  a cer- 
tified check  on  some  responsible  bank  for  an  amount  equal 
to  ten  (10)  per  cent,  of  the  total  amount  of  the  bid,  and 

made  payable  to  the  order  of , President  of  the 

Board  of  Local  Improvements,  the  same  to  be  refunded  or 
returned  to  the  undersigned  upon  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  conditions  of  this  proposal  to  the  satisfaction  of  said 
Board  of  Local  Improvements. 

4.  The  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  contract  may 
be  awarded  will  be  required  to  execute  contract  and  bond, 
with  sureties,  within  the  time  provided  by  law,  a blank  form 
of  which  said  contract  and  bond  may  be  had  on  application 

to  the of  said  city ; and  in  case  of  failure  or 

neglect  to  do  so,  he,  or  they,  will  be  considered  as  having 
abandoned  it,  and  the  above  mentioned  deposit  shall  there- 
upon be  forfeited  to  the  City  of and 

collected  as  provided  by  law;  and  thereupon,  the  work  will 
be  re-advertised  and  re-let,  and  so  on,  until  the  contract 
be  accepted  and  executed. 

5.  The  successful  bidder  will  be  required  to  furnish 

approved  bond,  as  provided  by  law,  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  contract,  in  the  penal  sum  of  $ 

6.  No  bid  will  be  considered  unless  the  party  offering 


—114— 


it,  shall  furnish  evidence  satisfactory  to  the  Board  of  Local 
Improvements,  that  he  has  the  necessary  facilities,  ability, 
and  pecuniary  resources  to  fulfill  the  conditions  of  the  con- 
tract. 

7.  The  prices  must  be  written  in  the  bid,  and  also 
stated  in  figures,  and  if  any  discrepancy  occurs  between  the 
written  and  figured  prices,  those  most  favorable  to  the  city 
will  be  taken  as  the  intention  of  the  bidder. 

8.  All  bids  must  be  made  for  materials  in  the  differ- 
ent classes  furnished  in  the  work  complete,  and  no  estimate 
will  be  made  on  any  part  of  the  work  not  finished,  nor  on 
materials,  except  in  completed  work. 

9.  Permission  will  not  be  given  for  the  withdrawal  of 
any  bid  or  proposal. 

10.  No  contract  will  be  awarded  to  any  person  who 
has  been  delinquent  or  unfaithful  in  any  former  contract 
with  this  city,  or  who  is  a defaulter  as  surety  or  otherwise 
upon  any  obligation  to  the  said  city. 

11.  Bidders  will  state  the  name  of  the  brick  and  also 
the  kind  of  stone  curbing  on  which  the  bids  are  based. 

12.  Bidders  will  examine  the  plans  and  the  ground, 

and  judge  for  themselves  of  all  the  circumstances  affecting 
the  cost  and  nature  of  the  work,  and  must  also  examine  the 
ordinance  for  said  improvement,  and  the  maps,  plans,  pro- 
files and  specifications  for  the  doing  of  said  work,  on  file  in 
the  office  of  the 

13.  The  Board  of  Local  Improvements  reserves  the 
right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids. 


Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 111. 

NOTE: — These  instructions  are  generally  attached  to 
or  printed  with  the  blank  proposals. 


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FORM  NO.  87. 


CONTRACTOR'S  proposal  for  improvement  of 
STREET,  FROM TO 


To  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements: 

1.  The  undersigned  bidder,  does  hereby  declare  and 
stipulate  that  this  bid  is  made  in  good  faith,  without  collu- 
sion or  connection  with  any  other  person  or  persons 
bidding  for  the  same  work,  and  that  it  is  made  in  pursu- 
ance of  and  subject  to  all  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the 
foregoing  instructions  (or  if  instructions  are  separate, 
then  “conditions  of  the  instructions  of  your  Board”). 

2.  The  undersigned,  having  carefully  examined  the 
ordinance  providing  for  this  improvement  and  the  specifi- 
cations, maps,  plats,  plans  and  profiles,  containing  further 
detailed  specifications  and  illustrations  as  the  same  appear 

on  file  in  the  office  of  the of  the  said  city, 

hereby  propose  to  provide  all  necessary  machinery,  tools, 
apparatus  and  other  means  for  the  construction  of  the  im- 
provement above  mentioned,  and  do  all  the  work  and  fur- 
nish all  labor  and  material  required  to  make  this  improve- 
ment, in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  ordinance,  and  the 
said  specifications,  maps,  plats,  plans  and  profiles  therefor, 
for  the  following  prices : 


Finished  Pavement,  Including  Exca- 
vation, Grading  and  all  Labor  and 
Material  Necessary  to  make  the 
Finished  Pavement  Complete,  per 
Square  Yard. 

Name  of  Brick. 


PRICES. 


In  Writing. 


Dol. 


Cts. 


| In  Figures. 


Dol. 

i 


Cts 


Curbing  in  Place,  Complete,  per  I 
Lineal  Foot. 


— 1 16 — 


Sewer  in  Place,  Complete,  Includ- 
ing Excavation,  Backfilling  and  all 
Necessary  Fittings,  per  Lineal 
Foot. 

6-inch  sewer  pipe 

[ 1 

i ! 

! 1 

1 1 

1 l 

i 

1 1 

i i. . . 

8-inch  sewer  pipe j 

1 

i i 

10-inch  sewer  pipe 

1 1 

i 

12-inch  sewer  pipe | 

1 | 

i. . 

15-inch  sewer  pipe  j 

i 

i i 

18-inch  sewer  pipe  

i 

....  i 

20-inch  sewer  pipe 

i 

i i 

24-inch  sewer  pipe 

i 

i i 

27-inch  sewer  pipe 

i 

i i 

30-inch  sewer  pipe 

i 

i i 

36-inch  sewer  pipe 

i 

i i 

Man-holes,  complete,  including 

covers,  each 

i 

i 

i 

i 

Catch-basins,  complete,  includ- 

ing  covers,  each 

i 

i i 

i 

1 !•••• 

Etc. 


Firm  bidding  must,  in  each  instance,  give  the  individ- 
ual names  and  addresses  of  each  member  of  said  firm. 
Where  the  bid  is  made  by  a corporation,  it  must  sign  by  its 
proper  officers;  also  the  address  of  such  corporation  must 
be  given.  All  bids  must  be  in  ink. 

Given  under  . . . hand . . , this ....  day  of 190 . . 


Note: — Add  other  elements  of  improvement  provided 
for  in  the  ordinance  and  not  embraced  within  those  above 
mentioned. 


FORM  NO.  88. 

BOARD  OF  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS, , ILL. 

CONTRACT. 

This  Agreement,  Made  and  entered  into  this 

day  of , A.  D.  190 . . , between 

of 


, hereinafter,  for  convenience, 


— 117 — 


designated  “Contractor/’  party  of  the  first  part,  and  the 


City  of a municipal  corporation  of 

the  County  of State  of  Illinois,  herein- 


after, for  convenience,  designated  the  “City,”  party  of  the 
second  part; 

WITNESSETH,  That  the  said  “Contractor,”  for  and  in 
consideration  of  the  payments  to  be  made  by  the  said 
“City”  as  herein  set  forth,  hereby  covenants  and  agrees  to 
provide  all  necessary  machinery,  tools,  apparatus  and 
other  means  for  the  construction  of  the  improvement  of 


and  do  all  work  and  furnish  all  labor  and  material  required 
to  make  said  improvement  according  to  the  ordinance,  here- 
inafter referred  to,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of 
said  city,  and  the  maps,  plats,  plans,  profiles  and  specifica- 
tions, for  the  doing  of  said  work,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
City of  said  “City.” 

All  material  used,  all  work  performed,  and  all  regula- 
tions of  every  kind  and  character,  governing  the  construc- 
tion of  said  improvement,  shall  strictly  conform  to  the  said 
ordinance  for  said  improvement,  passed  by  the  City  Council 

of  said  City  of on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190 . . , and  approved  on  the 

day  of A.  D.  190 . . , and  known  as  and 

numbered  “Ordinance  No ,”  and  the  said  maps, 

plats,  plans,  profiles  and  specifications,  which  said  ordi- 
nance, maps,  plats,  plans,  profiles  and  specifications,  and 
each  and  every  section  and  part  thereof,  are  hereby  re- 
ferred to  and  made  a part  of  this  contract  by  reference,  as 
fully  and  completely  as  though  the  same  were  written  or  set 
out  at  length  herein. 

The  brick  used  in  constructing  said  pavement  shall  be 
and  shall  be  of  the  manufacture  of 


The  curbing  used  in  said  improvement  shall  be  from 
the stone  quarry,  located  at 


The  instructions  to  bidders  herein,  and  the  proposal  of 
the  “Contractor”  to  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 


— 118 — 


the  City  of , are  hereby  referred  to  and 

made  a part  of  this  contract  by  reference,  and  the  prices  in 
said  bid  contained,  are  hereby  agreed  upon  and  accepted  by 
the  respective  parties  as  governing  the  prices  to  be  paid  for 
said  improvement,  and  are  as  follows: 

(Here  set  out.) 

The  “Contractor”  has  entered  into  and  herewith  ten- 
ders a bond  of  even  date  herewith,  in  the  penal  sum  of 

Dollars,  to  insure  the  faithful 

performance  of  this  contract,  which  said  bond  is  hereby 
made  a part  of  this  contract  by  reference. 

Said  work  to  be  begun  on  or  before  the . day 

of , A.  D.  190.  .,  to  progress  regularly 

and  uninterruptedly,  after  it  shall  have  been  begun,  except 
in  cases  of  strikes,  accidents  and  unavoidable  delays,  and 
excepting  as  it  shall  be  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Board  of 
Local  Improvements  of  said  city,  and  be  finished  and  fully 

completed  on  or  before  the day  of 

A.  D.  190 . . , the  time  of  beginning,  rate  of  progress  and 
time  of  completion  being  essential  conditions  of  this  con- 
tract; Provided , however,  that  if  the  time  of  the  perform- 
ance of  the  contract  herein,  be  for  apy  reason,  either  ex- 
pressly or  by  implication,  extended,  such  extension  shall  not 
affect  the  validity  of  this  contract,  nor  the  liability  of  the 
sureties  upon  the  bond,  herein  mentioned  or  referred  to. 

It  is  expressly  understood  and  agreed  that  the  entire 
improvement  shall  be  done  in  a thorough  and  workmanlike 
manner,  under  the  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  city.  All  loss  or  dam- 
age arising  out  of  the  nature  of  the  work  to  be  done,  or 
from  any  detention  or  unforeseen  obstruction  or  difficulty 
which  may  be  encountered  in  the  prosecution  of  the  work, 
or  from  the  action  of  the  elements,  shall  be  sustained  by  the 
said  “Contractor.” 

Said  “Contractor”  will  be  held  responsible  for  all  acci- 
dents, and  hereby  agrees  to  indemnify  and  protect  the  said 
“City”  from  all  suits,  claims  and  actions  brought  against  it, 
and  all  costs  and  damages,  which  the  said  said  “City”  may 
be  put  to  by  reason  of  an  injury,  or  alleged  injury,  to  the 
person  or  property  of  another  in  the  execution  of  this  con- 
tract, or  the  performance  of  the  work,  or  in  guarding  the 


same,  or  for  any  material  used  in  its  prosecution  or  in  its 
construction. 

Should  the  work  under  this  agreement  not  be  finished 
within  the  time  specified,  said  “Contractor”  shall  forfeit 

the  sum  of Dollars  ($ ) 

to  the  said  “City”  as  liquidated  damages,  for  each  and  every 
day  which  shall  elapse  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  here- 
in agreed  upon  for  the  completion  of  said  work,  which 
amount  shall  be  retained  from  the  contract  price  of  said 
work;  Provided,  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the 
said  “City”  may  waive  this  provision  or  rebate  said  forfeit, 
if  it  so  elects. 

Any  person  employed  on  the  work  who  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  to  obey  the  directions  of  the  said  Board  of  Local 

Improvements,  or or  who  shall  be  deemed 

by  the  said  Board  to  be  incompetent,  or  who  shall  be  guilty 
of  any  disorderly  conduct,  or  who  shall  commit  any  tres- 
pass on  any  public  or  private  property  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
work,  shall  at  once  be  removed  from  the  work  by  the  “Con- 
tractor” when  so  requested  by  the  said  Board. 

The  sums  of  money  herein  provided  to  be  paid  to  said 
“Contractor”  are  payable  solely  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
special  assessment  levied,  or  out  of  the  proceeds  of  any 
special  assessment  which  may  hereafter  be  levied  for  said 
improvement,  when  collected;  and  in  no  case,  except  as 
otherwise  provided  in  the  ordinance  or  the  judgment  of  the 
Court  confirming  the  said  assessment,  or  as  may  be  other- 
wise provided  by  statute,  shall  said  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements or  any  member  thereof,  or  said  “City,”  or  any 
Alderman  or  officer  thereof,  be  liable  for  any  portion  of  the 
expenses  or  any  delinquencies  of  persons  or  property  as- 
sessed. 

It  is  expressly  agreed  and  understood  that  all  bonds 
and  vouchers  issued  for  work  or  material  to  the  said  “Con- 
tractor,” shall  be  paid  when  the  assessment  or  assessments 
levied,  or  which  may  be  levied  for  said  improvement,  shall 
be  collected,  as  provided  by  law,  and  that  said  vouchers  and 
bonds,  and  interest  thereon,  are  payable  only  from  such 
special  assessment  or  assessments,  and  out  of  no  other  as- 
sessment or  fund  whatever,  and  that  all  vouchers  and  bonds 
and  interest  thereon,  for  part  of  any  installment,  shall  only 


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share  pro  rata  with  the  vouchers  and  bonds,  and  interest 
thereon,  for  the  remaining  part  thereof. 

In  case  the  said  ‘‘City”  shall  become  the  purchaser  of 
any  special  assessment  certificates  at  any  sale  for  delin- 
quent special  assessments,  in  default  of  other  bidders,  such 
purchase  shall  not  be  deemed  a collection  of  such  special 
assessment,  and  no  act  of  the  “City,”  done  or  suffered,  shall 
be  construed  as  a collection  of  any  special  assessment,  or 
part  thereof,  until  the  money  due  thereon  shall  be  actually 
paid  into  the  treasury. 

The  said  “City”  hereby  covenants  and  agrees,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  covenants  and  agreements  in  this  contract 
specified,  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  the  said  “Con- 
tractor,” subject  to  the  conditions  herein  contained,  to 

cause  to  be  made,  by  the of  said  “City”  on 

the day  of  each  and  every  month  during  the 

progress  of  the  work  herein  provided,  estimates  of  the 
amount  and  value  of  the  work  then  actually  constructed 
and  in  its  permanent  place;  and  vouchers  against  the  speci- 
al assessment  levied  to  pay  for  this  improvement,  to  the 
amount  of  85  per  cent,  of  the  estimated  value  of  said  work, 
actually  constructed  and  in  its  permanent  place  for  the  then 
expiring  month,  will  be  issued  and  delivered  to  said  con- 
tractor ; said  vouchers  being  redeemable  in ...  

at  the  office  of  the in  said  city,  the  remain- 

ing 15  per  cent,  of  the  amounts  of  said  estimates  and  due 
under  this  contract,  to  be  retained  as  a guarantee  against 
poor  workmanship  and  material,  until  the  work  contem- 
plated by  this  contract  has  been  fully  completed  and  ac- 
cepted by  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  and  such  ac- 
ceptance and  completion,  certified  and  confirmed  by  the 
Gourt  in  which  the  assessment  for  the  said  improvement 
was  confirmed,  as  required  by  law,  and  when  such  comple- 
tion is  so  confirmed  by  said  Court,  said  remaining  15  per 
cent,  is  to  be  paid  or  delivered  to  said  “Contractor”  in 

, it  being  agreed  that  said  “Contractor” 

is  to  be  paid  for  said  improvement  in 

The  “City”  reserves  the  right  at  all  times  to  refuse  to 
issue  a voucher  against  the  assessment  for  this  improve- 
ment in  case  the  said  “Contractor”  has  neglected  or  failed 


— 121  — 


to  pay  any  sub-contractor,  workman  or  employe  on  the 
work. 

No  part  of  the  work  herein  provided  for  shall  be  sub- 
let or  sub-contracted,  without  the  express  consent  of  the 
said  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  to  be  entered  in  its  rec- 
ords, and  in  no  case  shall  such  consent  relieve  said  “Con- 
tractor” from  the  obligation  herein  entered  into,  or  change 
the  terms  of  this  agreement. 

It  is  further  covenanted  and  agreed  by  and  between 
the  parties  hereto 


This  contract  shall  extend  to  and  be  binding  upon  the 
successors  and  assigns,  and  upon  the  heirs,  administrators, 
executors  and  legal  representatives  of  the  “Contractor.” 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  The  said  “Contractor”  has  here- 
unto set hand.  . and  seal.  .,  and  the  said  “City” 

has  caused  this  agreement  to  be  signed  by  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements,  countersigned  by  its 
Secretary,  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

(Seal.) 

(Seal.) 

(Seal.) 

City  of , 111., 

By 

President  Board  of  Local  Improvements. 


Secretary  Board  of  Local  Improvements. 


FORM  NO.  89. 


contractor’s  bond. 


Know  all  men  by  these  Presents,  That  we, 


of  the  County  of , and  State  of , 

are  held  and  firmy  bound  unto  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  in  the  penal  sum  of Dollars, 

lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  for  the  payment  of 


— 122 — 


which,  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves,  our 
heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  jointly,  severally,  and 
firmly  by  these  presents. 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals  this day  of 

, A.  D.  190.  .. 

The  condition  of  the  above  obligation  is  such,  that, 
whereas,  the  above  bounden  ha.  . . . entered  into  a certain 

contract  with  the  City  of , Illinois,  bearing 

date  the day  of A.  D.  190.  ., 

which  said  contract,  together  with  the  maps,  plats,  plans, 
profiles  and  specifications,  referred  to  therein  and  made  a 
part  thereof,  by  reference,  are  hereby  expressly  referred  to 
and  made  a part  hereof,  by  reference,  for  the  improvement 
of 


in  said  city,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  said  ordi- 
nance authorizing  the  doing  of  said  work,  and  made  a part 
of  said  contract  by  reference,  and  hereby  made  a part  of 
this  bond  by  reference. 

Now,  therefore,  if  the  said 

shall  in  all  respects,  well  and  truly,  keep  and  perform  the 
said  contract  on , part  to  be  per- 

formed in  strict  accordance  with  the  terms  thereof,  and  the 
said  ordinance,  maps,  plans,  plats,  profiles  and  specifica- 
tions referred  to,  and  in  the  time  and  manner  therein  pre- 
scribed, and  further  shall  indemnify,  keep  and  save  harm- 
less, the  said  City  of against  all  claims, 

losses,  demands,  liabilities,  suits,  judgments,  costs,  dam- 
ages and  expenses,  which  may  in  any  way  be  made,  brought, 
sustained,  or  recovered,  against  said  city,  or  which  way,  in 
anywise,  come  against  said  city,  in  consequence  of  the 
awarding  or  execution  of  such  contract,  or  the  doing  of  the 
work  or  making  of  the  improvement  therein  provided  for, 
or  which  may  in  anywise  result  from  the  carelessness  or 
neglect  of  said , agents,  em- 

ployes or  workmen  in  any  respect  whatever,  or  which  may 
result  on  account  of  any  infringement  of  any  patent,  by 
reason  of  any  of  the  materials,  machinery,  devices  or  appa- 
ratus used  or  employed  in  the  performance  of  said  contract, 
or  the  work  therein  provided,  and,  moreover,  shall  pay  to 
said  city  any  sum  or  sums  of  money  determined  by  the 


—123- 


Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  said  city,  to  be  due  said 
city,  by  reason  of  any  failure  or  neglect  in  the  performance 
of  the  requirements  of  said  contract,  wherefore,  the  said 
Board  of  Local  Improvements  shall  have  elected  to  suspend 
the  same,  and  shall  pay  the  cost  of  making  good  defects, 
faults  and  imperfections  appearing  or  existing  in  said  work 
or  improvement,  then  this  obligation  to  be  null  and  void, 
otherwise  to  remain  in  full  force  and  effect. 

And  it  is  hereby  expressly  understood  and  agreed,  and 
made  a condition  hereof,  that  any  judgment  rendered 
against  said  city,  as  aforesaid,  because  of  anything  herein, 
or  in  said  contract  contained  or  provided  for,  when  notice 
of  the  pendency  of  such  suit  shall  have  been  given  said 

shall  be  conclusive 

against  each  and  all  parties  to  this  obligation  as  to  amount, 
liability,  and  all  other  things  pertaining  thereto. 

(Seal.) 

(Seal.) 

(Seal.) 

(Seal.) 

Approved: 


Clerk. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


I, a Notary  Public,  in 

and  for  said  county,  in  the  state  aforesaid,  do  hereby  cer- 
tify that  

who  are  each  personally  known  to  me  to  be  the  same  per- 
sons whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  above  and  fore- 
going bond,  appeared  before  me,  this  day,  in  person,  and 
severally  acknowledged  that  they  signed  and  sealed  the  said 
instrument,  as  their  free  and  voluntary  act,  for  the  uses 
and  purposes  therein  set  forth. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  notarial  seal  this 

day  of A.  D.  190.  .. 


Notary  Public. 


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STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


§ 


ss. 


, being  duly 

sworn,  on  oath,  depose  and  say  that  we  are  each  worth  the 

sum  of Dollars,  over  and  above  all 

incumbrances  and  statutory  exemptions. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  this day 

of 190. .. 


Notary  Public. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


ss. 


being  duly  sworn,  on  oath 

deposes  and  says  that  he  is  worth  the  sum  of  .' 

Dollars,  over  and  above  all  incumbrances  and  statutory 
exemptions. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  this day 

of , 190.  .. 


■ > 

Notary  Public. 


FORM  NO.  90. 


GENERAL  ORDER  OF  BOARD  DESIGNATING  NEWSPAPER  IN 
WHICH  TO  PUBLISH  AWADS. 


Be  it  Resolved , That  all  notices  of  awards  of  contracts 
by  this  Board,  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  Act  entitled  “An 
Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,”  approved  June  14th, 
1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  be  advertised  in  the 

a newspaper, 

published  and  circulated  in  this  city. 

Be  it  further  Resolved , That  this  order  be  entered  in 
full  in  the  records  of  this  Board. 


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FORM  NO.  91. 


NOTICE  OF  AWARD. 


Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Board  of  Local  Im- 
provements of  the  City  of Illinois,  at  a 

meeting  held  on  the  day  of 190 . . , 

did  award  the  contract  for  the  construction  of  the  improve- 
ment of  (here  describe),  as  contemplated  by  Ordinance  No. 
, to on pro- 
posal as  follows: 


Dated Illinois, 190.  .. 


President  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of , 111. 

FORM  NO.  92. 


FIRST  VOUCHER  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  WORK  DONE. 


111., 190.  .. 

Voucher  No Special  Assessment  No 

To  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of III . : 

From  the  funds  realized  from  the  collection  of  the  first 
installment  of  the  special  assessment  levied  by  the  City  of 

, Illinois,  and  confirmed  by  the Court  of 

County,  Illinois,  for  the  improvement  of 


in  said  city,  as  provided  for  in  and  by  Ordinance  No 

of  said  city,  but  out  of  no  other  tax  or  fund,  pay  to 

the  sum  of 

Dollars  ($ ). 

This  voucher  is  given  on  account  of  work  done  in  pur- 
suance of  contract  entered  into  for  the  making  of  the  above 
mentioned  improvement,  and  is  the  first  voucher  issued  on 
account  of  such  work  done. 

The  holder  hereof  expressly  agrees  in  all  things  to  be 
governed  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improve- 
ments,” approved  June  14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897, 


— 126 — 


and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof. 

This  voucher  is  payable  at  the  office  of  the  City  Treas- 
urer of  the  City  of , Illinois,  solely  out  of 

the  collection  of  the  first  installment  of  said  assessment. 

City  of 111., 

By 

Attest: 

NOTE: — Other  vouchers  against  the  first  installment 
may  be  drawn  to  conform  to  the  form  above  given. 

The  first  voucher  “on  account  of  work  done”  need  not 
necessarily  be  drawn  against  the  first  installment.  That  in- 
stallmen t may  be  exhausted  by  other  vouchers  having  a 
preference  upon  it. 

FORM  NO.  93. 


VOUCHER  REDEEMABLE  IN  BONDS. 


111 190.  .. 

Voucher  No Special  Assessment  No 

To  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of , III. : 

Of  the  bonds  issued  or  to  be  issued  in  anticipation  of 
the  collection  of  the  deferred  installments  of  the  special  as- 
sessment levied  by  the  City  of , Illinois, 

and  confirmed  by  the Court  of 

County,  Illinois,  for  the  purpose  of  improving 


in  said  city,  as  provided  for  in  and  by  Ordinance  No 

of  said  city,  pay  and  deliver  to 

special  assessment  bonds  to  the  amount  of 

Dollars  ($ ),  deducting,  however,  the  interest  ac- 

crued on  the  same  to  this  day. 

This  voucher  is  given  on  account  of  payment  of 


The  holder  thereof  expressly  agrees  in  all  things  to  be 
governed  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improve- 
ments,” approved  June  14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897, 
and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof. 

City  of ,111., 

By 

Attest: 


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FORM  NO.  94. 


VOUCHER  PAYABLE  IN  MONEY  FROM  SALE  OF  BONDS. 


, 111., 190.  .. 

Voucher  No Special  Assessment  No 

To  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of III. : 

From  the  funds  realized  or  to  be  realized  from  the 
sale  of  the  bonds  issued  in  anticipation  of  the  collection  of 
the  deferred  installments  of  the  special  assessment  levied 

by  the  City  of Illinois,  and  confirmed  by 

the Court  of County,  Illinois, 

for  the  purpose  of  improving 


in  said  city,  as  provided  for  in  and  by  Ordinance  No 

of  said  city,  but  out  of  no  other  tax  or  fund,  pay  to 

the  sum  of Dollars 

($ )• 

This  voucher  is  given  in  payment  of 


The  holder  thereof  expressly  agrees  in  all  things  to  b$ 
governed  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concerning  Local  Improvements,” 
approved  June  14th,  1897,  in  force  July  1st,  1897,  and  acts 
amendatory  thereof.  Payable  at  the  office  of  the  Treasurer 
of  the  City  of Illinois. 

City  of ,111., 

By 

Attest: 


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FORM  NO.  95. 


FIRST  VOUCHER  CERTIFICATE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


To  te  Clerk  of  the Court , County,  III.: 

By  virtue  of  the  requirements  of  an  Act  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  “An  Act  Concern- 
ing Local  Improvements/'  approved  June  14th,  1897,  and 
amendments  thereto,  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of 

the  City  of Illinois,  does  hereby  certify 

that  on  the day  of , 190 . . , there 

was  issued  to a first  voucher  on  ac- 

count of  work  done  on  the  above  named  improvement,  in 

the  amount  of  $ 

Approved  and  signed  by  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments of  the  City  of , Illinois,  and  its  Sec- 
retary, this day  of 190 . . . 




Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of ,111. 

Secretary. 


FORM  NO.  96. 


engineer's  report  of  final  completion  to  board. 


111., , 190.  .. 

To  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois: 

Gentlemen : — I beg  to  certify  that  the  work  of  the  local 
improvement  of Street,  in  the  City 


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of , Illinois,  from  the line 

of Street,  to  the line  of 

Street,  has  been  finally  completed, 

and  that  the  cost  of  the  same  is  as  follows : 

. . . . Sq.  yds.  of  paving  at  $ . per  sq.  yd. . . . $ 

....  Lin.  ft.  curbing  at  $ ...  . per  ft $ 

Total  due  contractor $ 

Recapitulation. 

Estimated  cost  of  improvement $ 

Amount  paid  contractor $ 

Amount  due  contractor  $ 

Court  costs  and  necessary  expenses . $ $ 


$ 

Amount  estimated  to  pay  accruing  interest  on 
bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  anticipate 


collection  of  assessment $ 

Amount  to  be  rebated $ 


Respectfully  submitted, 


FORM  NO.  97. 


» 

Engineer. 


APPLICATION  OF  BOARD  ON  CERTIFICATE  OF  COMPLETION 
AND  ACCEPTANCE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


i 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of , 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding: 

Now  comes  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the 


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City  of , Illinois,  and  presents  herewith 

its  certificate  of  the  final  completion  and  acceptance  of  the 
work  provided  for  in  the  above  mentioned  proceedings,  and 
causes  the  cost  thereof,  together  with  the  amount,  estimat- 
ed by  the  said  Board  to  be  required  to  pay  accruing  interest 
on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  anticipate  collection  of  the 
assessment  herein,  to  be  certified  to  this  Court. 

Wherefore,  this  Petitioner  makes  application  to  said 
Court  to  consider  and  determine  whether  or  not  the  facts 
and  matters  stated  in  the  hereto  attached  certificate  are 
true,  and  to  set  a time  and  place  to  consider  and  determine 
such  facts  and  matters. 






Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of , 111. 


FORM  NO.  98. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  COMPLETION  AND  ACCEPTANCE — WHEN 
ASSESSMENT  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  COST. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding: 

The  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

, Illinois,  does  hereby  certify  that  the  work 

on  the  improvement  made  in  pursuance  of  the  ordinance 
herein,  has  been  finally  completed  and  accepted  by  said 
Board  of  Local  Improvements;  that  the  cost  of  said  im- 


—131— 


provement  is  the  sum  of  $ ; that  the  amount 

estimated  by  said  Board  to  be  required  to  pay  accruing  in- 


terest on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  anticipate  collection 

of  the  assessment  herein,  is  the  sum  of  $ ; that 

the  total  amount  assessed  for  said  improvement  upon  the 
public  and  private  property  is  the  sum  of  $ and 


that  said  last  mentioned  sum  does  not  exceed  the  cost  of 
said  improvement  and  the  amount  estimated  to  be  required 
to  pay  interest  as  hereinabove  stated,  and  that  therefore, 
the  judgment  rendered  herein,  shall  not  be  reduced  or  in 
anywise  abated. 

And  the  assessment  herein  being  divided  into  install- 
ments, said  Board  certifies  that  said  improvement  conforms 
substantially  to  the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance 
for  the  construction  of  the  same. 


y 


y 

Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of ,111. 


FORM  NO.  99. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  COMPLETION  AND  ACCEPTANCE — WHEN 
ASSESSMENT  EXCEEDS  COST. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  the  Work. 

To  the  Honorable  Judge  Presiding: 

The  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 
, Illinois,  does  hereby  certify  that  the  work 


—132— 


on  the  improvement  made  in  pursuance  of  the  ordinance 
herein,  has  been  finally  completed  and  accepted  by  said 
Board  of  Local  Improvements;  that  the  cost  of  said  im- 
provement is  the  sum  of  $ ; that  the  amount  esti- 

mated by  said  Board  to  be  required  to  pay  accruing  interest 
on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  anticipate  collection  of  the 

assessment  herein,  is  the  sum  of  $ ; that  the  total 

amount  assessed  for  said  improvement  upon  the  public  and 

private  property  is  the  sum  of  $ , and  that  said 

last  mentioned  sum  exceeds  the  cost  of  said  improvement 
and  the  amount  estimated  to  be  required  to  pay  interest  as 

hereinabove  stated,  and  that,  therefore,  the  sum  of  $ 

shall  be  abated  and  the  judgment  entered  herein  shall  be  re- 
duced and  abated  accordingly. 

And  the  assessment  herein  being  divided  into  install- 
ments, said  Board  certifies  that  said  improvement  conforms 
substantially  to  the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance 
for  the  construction  of  the  same. 




Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of , 111. 


FORM  NO.  100. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  ON  PRESENTATION  OF  APPLICATION  AND 
CERTIFICATE  OF  BOARD. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190 . . . 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

Now  on  this day  of , A.  D. 


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190 . . , comes  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City 

of Illinois,  and  presents  its  certificate  of 

final  completion  and  acceptance  of  the  improvement  herein, 
and  the  cost  thereof,  together. with  its  application  to  this 
Court,  to  consider  and  determine  whether  or  not  the  mat- 
ters and  facts  stated  in  said  certificate  are  true. 

IT  is  ORDERED  BY  THE  COURT,  That  a hearing  thereon 

be  had  in  this  Court  on  the day  of 

A.  D.  190.  .,  at  the  hour  of  ....  o'clock  . . .M.,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  the  business  of  the  Court  will  permit. 

It  is  further  Ordered  by  the  Court,  That  all  objec- 
tions to  the  said  certificate  and  application  be  filed  in  said 
cause  before  the  time  set  for  such  hearing. 


Judge  of  said  Court. 


FORM  NO.  101. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  CONFIRMING  APPLICATION  AND  CERTIFICATE 
NO  OBJECTIONS — NO  REBATE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

County  of 

In  the  . . 


ss. 


Court, 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  the  Work. 

Now  on  this day  of , A.  D.  190.  ., 

this  being  one  of  the  regular  j udicial  days  of  the 

Term,  A.  D.  190.  .,  of  said  Court,  comes  the  Petitioner  here- 
in, the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

, Illinois,  by , its  attorney, 

and  moves  the  Court  for  default  herein,  and  for  the  judg- 
ment of  this  Court,  finding  that  all  the  matters  and  facts 


— 134 — 


stated  and  alleged  in  the  certificate  filed  herein,  by  said 
Board,  are  true,  and  that  the  said  improvement  conforms 
substantially  to  the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance 
for  the  construction  of  the  same ; and  this  cause  coming  on 
to  be  heard  upon  the  evidence  introduced  by  the  Petitioner 
herein,  and  no  objections  to  said  application  and  certificate 
or  proceedings  herein  having  been  filed,  and  no  defense 
thereto  being  made,  and  the  Court  being  fully  advised  in  the 
premises,  it  is  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  the  application 
and  certificate  filed  by  the  Petitioner  herein,  are  in  all  re- 
spects legal  and  sufficient;  that  notices  of  this  hearing,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  were  posted  in  at  least  four  public  places 
in  the  neighborhood  of  said  improvement  in  said  City  of 

at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  time 

fixed  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon,  and  a like  notice 

published  at  least  live  successive  days  in  the 

a daily  newspaper,  published  in  said  City  of ; 

that  the  first  publication  of  the  notice  aforesaid  was  had  at 
least  fifteen  days  pror  to  the  time  fixed  by  the  Court  for  the 
hearing  herein  and  hereon ; that  said  notices,  by  posting  and 
publishing,  in  all  respects  complied  with  the  statutes  of  this 
state  in  such  cases  made  and  provided,  and  were  in  all  re- 
spects legal  and  sufficient,  and  posted  and  published  in  man- 
ner and  form  prescribed  by  law. 

It  is  further  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  it 
has  obtained  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  of  all  the  per- 
sons having  or  claiming  any  interest  in  any  of  the  premises 
mentioned  and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  heretofore 
confirmed  in  this  cause  and  of  the  property  therein  de- 
scribed and  assessed,  and  of  this  cause  and  the  subject  mat- 
ter thereof. 

It  is  Therefore  ordered  and  Adjudged  by  this 
Court,  That  default  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered 
against  each  and  all  of  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of 
land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  said  assess- 
ment roll  and  report  for  the  said  improvement  as  hereto- 
fore confirmed  in  this  Court,  and  all  persons  having  or 
claiming  an  interest  in  any  of  said  premises. 

The  Court  further  finds  and  adjudges  that  all  the  mat- 
ters and  facts  stated  in  said  certificate  filed  in  this  cause  by 
the  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  are  true;  that  the 


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said  improvement  conforms  substantially  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  original  ordinance  for  the  construction  of  the 
same ; that  the  total  amount  assessed  for  the  said  improve- 
ment upon  the  public  and  private  property  does  not  exceed 
the  cost  of  the  said  improvement  and  the  amount  estimated 
to  be  required  to  pay  interest  on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued 
to  anticipate  collection  of  said  assessment,  and  that  the  said 
assessment  as  heretofore  confirmed  shall  not  be  abated  or 
reduced. 

It  is  Further  ordered  and  adjudged  by  the  Court, 
That  the  said  certificate  of  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments be  and  the  same  is  hereby,  in  all  respects,  approved 
and  confirmed,  and  that  the  said  assessment,  as  heretofore 
made  upon  the  public  and  the  private  property  owners, 
shall  stand  as  heretofore  confirmed  by  this  Court. 

Approved : 


Judge. 


FORM  NO.  102. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  CONFIRMING  APPLICATION  AND  CERTIFICATE 
— OBJECTIONS — NO  REBATE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

County  of 

In  the  . . 


ss. 


Court, 


To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

Now  on  this day  of , 190 . . , this  being 

one  of  the  regular  judicial  days  of  the Term, 

190..,  of  said  Court,  comes  the  Petitioner  herein,  by 

, its  attorney,  and  makes  proof  of  giving 

of  the  notice  by  law  required,  by  posting  and  publishing, 
and  moves  the  Court  for  default  herein  against  all  persons 


—136— 


and  property  on  account  of  which  objections  have  not  been 
heretofore  filed. 

And  the  Court  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises,  it  is 
ordered  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  default  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  entered  against  each  and  all  of  the  lots, 
blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of  land  and  property  assessed 
and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  and  report  for  the  im- 
provement herein,  heretofore  confirmed  in  this  Court,  and 
all  persons  having  or  claiming  an  interest  in  any  of  said 
premises  on  account  of  which  objections  have  not  been  here- 
tofore filed. 

And  now  on  this day  of , A.  D. 

190.  .,  it  being  also  one  of  the  regular  judicila  days  of  the 

, 190 . . , Term  of  this  Court,  this 

cause  coming  on  to  be  heard  upon  the  objections  filed  by 

herein,  and  the  Court  having  heard 

the  evidence  and  arguments  of  counsel  and  being  fully  ad- 
vised in  the  premises,  orders  and  adjudges  that  said  objec- 
tions be  and  the  same  are  hereby  overruled. 

And  now  on  the day  of 

190..,  it  being  also  one  of  the  regular  judicial  days 
of  said  term  of  said  Court,  comes  the  Petitioner 
herein  and  moves  the  Court  for  judgment  on  the  cer- 
tificate and  application  heretofore  filed  herein,  and  this 
cause  coming  on  to  be  heard  upon  said  motion,  and 
the  Court  having  heard  the  evidence  introduced  by 
tion,  and  the  Court  having  heard  the  evidence  introduced  by 
the  Petitioner  herein  and  the  arguments  of  counsel,  and  be- 
ing fully  advised  in  the  premises,  and  all  objections  having 
been  disposed  of,  it  is  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that 
the  application  and  certificate  filed  by  the  Petitioner  herein 
are  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient;  that  notices  of  this 
hearing,  as  prescribed  by  law,  were  posted  in  at  least  four 
public  places  in  the  neighborhood  of  said  improvement  in 

said  City  of at  least  fifteen  days  prior 

to  the  time  fixed  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon,  and  a 
like  notice  published  at  least  five  successive  days  in  the 

, a daily  newspaper,  published  in  said 

City  of ; that  the  first  publication  of  the 

notice  aforesaid  was  had  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 


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time  fixed  by  the  Court  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon, 
and  that  said  notices,  by  posting  and  publication,  in  all  re- 
spects complied  with  the  statutes  of  this  state  in  such  cases 
made  and  provided,  and  were  in  all  respects  legal  and  suffi- 
ent,  and  posted  and  published  in  manner  and  form  pre- 
scribed by  law. 

It  is  further  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  it 
has  obtained  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  of  all  the  per- 
sons having  or  claiming  any  interest  in  any  of  the  premises 
mentioned  and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  heretofore 
confirmed  in  this  cause  and  of  the  property  therein  de- 
scribed and  assessed,  and  of  this  cause  and  the  subject  mat- 
ter thereof. 

It  is  further  ordered  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  all 
the  matters  and  facts  stated  in  the  said  certificate  filed  in 
this  cause  by  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  are 
true;  that  the  said  improvement  conforms  substantially  to 
the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance  for  the  construc- 
tion of  the  same ; that  the  total  amount  assessed  for  said  im- 
provement upon  the  public  and  private  property  does  not 
exceed  the  cost  of  said  improvement  and  the  amount  esti- 
mated to  be  required  to  pay  interest  on  bonds  and  vouchers 
issued  to  anticipate  collection  of  said  assessment,  and  that 
the  said  assessment,  as  heretofore  confirmed,  shall  not  be 
abated  or  reduced. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THE  COURT, 
That  the  said  certificate  of  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments be  and  the  same  is  hereby,  in  all  respects,  approved 
and  confirmed,  and  that  the  said  assessment,  as  heretofore 
made  upon  the  public  and  the  private  property  owners, 
shall  stand  as  heretofore  confirmed  by  this  Court. 

Approved : 


Judge. 


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FORM  NO.  103. 


ORDER  OF  COURT  CONFIRMING  APPLICATION  AND  CERTIFICATE 
—NO  OBJECTIONS — A REBATE. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


} 


ss. 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  ..  - 


In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

And  now  on  this day  of , A.  D.  190.  ., 

this  being  one  of  the  regular  judicial  days  of  the 

Term,  A.  D.  190 . . , of  said  Court,  comes  the  Petitioner  here- 
in, the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  by its  attorney, 

and  moves  the  Court  for  default  herein,  and  for  the  judg- 
ment of  this  Court,  finding  that  all  the  matters  and  facte 
stated  and  alleged  in  the  certificate  filed  herein,  by  said 
Board,  are  true,  and  that  the  said  improvement  conforms 
substantially  to  the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance 
for  the  construction  of  the  same ; and  this  cause  coming  on 
to  be  heard,  upon  the  evidence  introduced  by  the  Petitioner 
herein,  and  no  objections  to  said  application  and  certificate 
or  proceedings  herein,  having  been  filed,  and  no  defense 
thereto  being  made,  and  the  Court  being  fully  advised  in  the 
premises,  it  is  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  the  application 
and  certificate  filed  by  the  Petitioner  herein,  are  in  all  re- 
spects legal  and  sufficient;  that  notices  of  this  hearing,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  were  posted  in  at  least  four  public  places 
in  the  neighborhood  of  said  improvement  in  the  said  City 

of , at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 

time  fixed  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon,  and  a like 
notice  published  at  least  five  successive  days  in  the 

, a daily  newspaper,  published  in  said 

; that  the  first  publication  of  the 


City  of 


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notice  aforesaid  was  had  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 
time  fixed  by  the  Court  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon ; 
that  said  notices,  by  posting  and  publication,  in  all  respects 
complied  with  the  statutes  of  this  state  in  such  cases  made 
and  provided,  and  were  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient, 
and  posted  and  published  in  manner  and  form  prescribed 
by  law. 

It  is  further  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  it 
has  obtained  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  of  all  the  per- 
sons having  or  claiming  any  interest  in  any  of  the  premises 
mentioned  and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  heretofore 
confirmed  in  this  cause  and  of  the  property  therein  de- 
scribed and  assessed,  and  of  this  cause  and  the  subject  mat- 
ter thereof. 

IT  IS  THEREFORE  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THIS 
Court,  That  default  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered 
against  each  and  all  of  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of 
land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  said  assess- 
ment roll  and  report  for  the  said  improvement  as  hereto- 
fore confirmed  in  this  Court,  and  all  persons  having  or 
claiming  an  interest  in  any  of  said  premises. 

The  Court  further  finds  and  adjudges  that  all  the  mat- 
ters and  facts  stated  in  said  certificate  filed  in  this  cause  by 
the  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  are  true;  that  the 
said  improvement  conforms  substantially  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  original  ordinance  for  the  construction  of  the 
same ; that  the  total  amount  assessed  for  the  said  improve- 
ment upon  the  public  and  private  property  is  the  sum  of 

$ ; and  that  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement, 

including  the  amount  estimated  by  said  Board  to  be  required 
to  pay  interest  on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  anticipate 

collection  of  said  assessment,  is  the  sum  of  $ ; 

and  that  the  sum  of  $ shall  be  abated. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THE  COURT, 
That  the  said  certificate  of  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments be  and  the  same  is  hereby,  in  all  respects,  approved 
and  confirmed,  and  that  the  said  assessment,  as  heretofore 
made  upon  the  public  and  private  property,  as  the  same  was 
heretofore  confirmed  by  the  judgment  of  this  Court,  and 
upon  each  and  every  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and 
property  assessed,  shall  be  abated  and  reduced  proportion- 


—140— 


ately  to  the  public  and  to  the  private  property  owners,  and 
shall  be  credited  pro  rata  upon  the  respective  assessments 
for  said  improvement  in  the  amounts  set  forth  in  the  hereto 
attached  schedule,  and  that  the  said  assessment  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  confirmed  as  so  reduced  against  the  public, 
and  each  installment  thereof,  and  against  each  lot,  block, 
tract  or  parcel  of  land  and  property  assessed,  and  each  in- 
stallment thereof. 

It  is  Further  Ordered  by  the  Court,  That  this  judg- 
ment be  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  this  Court  to  the 

of  said  City  of 

Approved: ., 


Judge. 

Note  : — Attach  schedule  of  rebated  assessment  roll. 


FORM  NO.  104. 


ORDER  OF  COURT — CONFIRMING  APPLICATION  AND  CERTIFI- 
CATE— NO  OBJECTIONS — A REBATE  AFTER 
CERTIFIED  FOR  COLLECTION. 


State  of  Illinois, 
County  of 


In  the Court, 

To  the Term,  A.  D.  190.  .. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  to  Levy  a Special  Assessment  to  Pay  the  Cost 
of  the  Local  Improvement  of 


Application  and  Certificate  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments on  Completion  of  Work. 

And  now  on  this day  of , A.  D.  190 . . , 

this  being  one  of  the  regular  judicial  days  of  the 

Term,  A.  D.  190.  . , of  said  Court,  comes  the  Petitioner  here- 
in, the  Board  of  Local  Improvements  of  the  City  of 

Illinois,  by , its  attorney, 

and  moves  the  Court  for  default  herein,  and  for  the  judg- 
ment of  this  Court,  finding  that  all  the  matters  and  facts 


— 141  — 


stated  and  alleged  in  the  certificate  filed  herein,  by  said 
Board,  are  true,  and  that  the  said  improvement  conforms 
substantially  to  the  requirements  of  the  original  ordinance 
for  the  construction  of  the  same ; and  this  cause  coming  on 
to  be  heard,  upon  the  evidence  introduced  by  the  Petitioner 
herein,  and  no  objections  to  said  application  and  certificate 
or  proceedings  herein,  having  been  filed,  and  no  defense 
thereto  being  made,  and  the  Court  being  fully  advised  in  the 
premises,  it  is  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  the  application 
and  certificate  filed  by  the  Petitioner  herein,  are  in  all  re- 
spects legal  and  sufficient;  that  notices  of  this  hearing,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  were  posted  in  at  least  four  public  places 
in  the  neighborhood  of  said  improvement  in  the  said  City 

of , at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 

time  fixed  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon,  and  a like 
notice  published  at  least  five  successive  days  in  the 

a daily  newspaper,  published  in  said 

City  of ; that  the  first  publication  of  the 

notice  aforesaid  was  had  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 
time  fixed  by  the  Court  for  the  hearing  herein  and  hereon ; 
that  said  notices,  by  posting  and  publication,  in  all  respects 
complied  with  the  statutes  of  this  state  in  such  cases  made 
and  provided,  and  were  in  all  respects  legal  and  sufficient, 
and  posted  and  published  in  manner  and  form  prescribed 
by  law. 

It  is  further  found  and  adjudged  by  the  Court  that  it 
has  obtained  full  and  complete  jurisdiction  of  all  the  per- 
sons having  or  claiming  an  interest  in  any  of  the  premises 
mentioned  and  described  in  the  assessment  roll  as  hereto- 
fore confirmed  in  this  cause  and  of  the  property  therein  de- 
scribed and  assessed,  and  of  this  cause  and  the  subject  mat- 
ter thereof. 

It  is  therefore  ordered  and  Adjudged  by  this 
Court,  That  default  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  entered 
against  each  and  all  of  the  lots,  blocks,  tracts  and  parcels  of 
land  and  property  assessed  and  described  in  the  said  assess- 
ment roll  and  report  for  the  said  improvement  as  hereto- 
fore confirmed  in  this  Court,  and  all  persons  having  or 
claiming  an  interest  in  any  of  said  premises. 

The  Court  further  finds  and  adjudges  that  all  the  mat- 
ters and  facts  stated  in  said  certificate  filed  in  this  cause  by 


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the  said  Board  of  Local  Improvements  are  true;  that  the 
said  improvement  conforms  substantially  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  original  ordinance  for  the  construction  of  the 
same ; that  the  total  amount  assessed  for  the  said  improve- 
ment upon  the  public  and  private  property  is  the  sum  of 

$ , and  that  the  cost  of  the  said  improvement, 

including  the  amount  estimated  by  said  Board  to  be  re- 
quired to  pay  interest  on  bonds  and  vouchers  issued  to  an- 
ticipate collection  of  said  assessment,  is  the  sum  of  $ , 

and  that  the  sum  of  $ shall  be  abated. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  AND  ADJUDGED  BY  THE  COURT, 
That  the  said  certificate  of  the  said  Board  of  Local  Improve- 
ments be  and  the  same  is  hereby,  in  all  respects,  approved 
and  confirmed,  and  that  said  assessment,  as  heretofore 
made  upon  the  public  and  private  property  as  the  same  was 
heretofore  confirmed  by  the  judgment  of  this  Court,  and 
upon  each  and  every  lot,  block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and 
property  assessed,  shall  be  abated  and  reduced  proportion- 
ately to  the  public  and  to  the  private  property  owners,  and 
shall  be  credited  pro  rata  upon  the  respective  assessments 
for  said  improvement. 

And  it  appearing  that  said  assessment  has  been  certi- 
fied for  collection,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  an  Act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  this  state,  entitled  “An  Act  Con- 
cerning Local  Improvements,”  approved  June  14th,  1897,  in 
force  July  1st,  1897,  and  amendments  thereto,  and  the  first 
installment  of  such  assessment  having  become  due  and  pay- 
able, it  is  ordered,  adjudged  and  decreed  that  the  reduction 
and  abatement  herein  ordered,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
made  pro  rata  upon  the  remaining install- 

ments, so  that  said  assessment,  and  each  installment 
thereof,  and  the  assessment  against  each  and  every  lot, 
blosk,  tract  and  parcel  of  land,  and  each  installment  thereof, 
shall  be  for  the  sum  or  sums  shown  and  stated  in  the  hereto 
attached  rebated  assessment  roll  or  schedule,  and  that  the 
said  assessment  herein  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  confirmed 
as  so  reduced  against  the  public  and  the  private  property 
assessed,  and  each  installment  thereof,  and  against  each  lot, 
block,  tract  and  parcel  of  land  and  property,  and  each  in- 
stallment thereof. 


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IT  is  FURTHER  ORDERED  BY  THE  COURT,  That  this  judg- 
ment be  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  this  Court  to  the 

of  said  City  of 

Approved : 


Judge. 


NOTE: — Attach  schedule. 


FORM  NO.  105. 


WARRANT — PLACITA  FOR  CERTIFICATE  OF  JUDGMENT 
OF  CONFIRMATION. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
County  of 


At  a regular  term  of  the Court  within 

and  for  the  County  of and  State  of  Illinois, 

begun  and  held  at  the  Court  House,  in  the  City  of 

in  said  County  of on , the 

day  of , A.  D.  190.  .,  it  being  the 

day  of , A.  D.  190.  .,  according  to  the  Act 

of  the  General  Assembly,  by  the  Hon 

(one  of  the  Judges  of  the Judicial  Circuit) 

(if  County  Court  change  accordingly),  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois, of  which  the  said  County  of forms  a part, 


the  following  proceedings  were  had,  to- wit : 

Present : 

Honorable , Judge. 

Sheriff. 

, State’s  Attorney. 

, Clerk. 


FORM  NO.  106. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  CLERK  OF  COURT  TO  ASSESSMENT 
ROLL  AND  JUDGMENT. 


State  of  Illinois,  ) 

County  of J ss‘ 

I, Clerk  of  the 

Court,  within  and  for  the  County  of , and 

State  of  Illinois,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  and  fore- 
going is  a true  and  correct  copy  of  the  judgment  order  of 
said  Court,  in  the  matter  of  the  petition  of  the  City  of 

, in  the  County  of , Illinois,  to 

levy  a special  assessment  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  local  im- 


provement of Street,  from 

to ; also  a copy  of  the  report  and  assess- 


ment roll  as  the  same  was  confirmed  in  said  cause;  also  a 
copy  of  the  first  voucher  certificate  filed  herein ; as  fully  and 
completely  as  the  said  several  matters  appear  of  record  and 
on  file  in  my  office. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  the  seal  of  said  Court,  at  my  office,  in  the  City 

of , Illinois,  this day  of 

, A.  D.  190... 


(Seal.)  Clerk  of  the  said Court. 


FORM  NO.  107. 


WARRANT  TO  COLLECTOR. 


ss. 


State  of  Illinois, 

County  of 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  to 

Collector  (of  Special  Taxes  and  Assessments)  of  the  City 
of , Illinois: 


Whereas,  The Court  of 

County,  Illinois,  did  on  the day  of 


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A.  D.  190 . . , at  a regular  term  of  said  Court  then  held,  con- 
firm the  foregoing  report  and  assessment  roll,  as  shown  in 
the  order  of  said  Court,  herewith  duly  certified  and  to 
which  this  warrant  is  attached. 

NOW,  THEREFORE,  You  are  hereby  commanded  to 
make,  levy  and  collect,  in  manner  authorized  by  law  and  as 
directed  in  said  order  of  said  Court,  as  a special  assessment, 
in  installments,  upon  each  of  the  foregoing  described  pieces 
and  parcels  of  real  estate,  levied  for  the  improvement  there- 
in mentioned,  the  several  sum  or  sums  of  money,  as  in  said 
order  of  Court  directed,  set  opposite  to  the  real  estate,  re- 
spectively, in  said  foregoing  report  and  assessment  roll,  re- 
spectively, mentioned  or  described,  and  to  proceed  herein 
as  required  by  law,  and  this  shall  be  your  sufficient  warrant 
therefor. 

IN  Witness  Whereof,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  the  seal  of  said  Court,  at  my  office,  in  the  City 

of , Illinois,  this day  of 

A.  D.  190. .. 


(Seal.)  Clerk  of  the  said Court. 


/ 


It  is  with  the  keenest  sense  of  appreciation  and  gratification  that 
we  are  enabled  to  add  the  endorsement,  gratuitously  given,  to  this 
work  by  Horace  S.  Oakley,  Esq.,  of  the  firm  of  Wood  & Oakley,  of 
the  Chicago  Bar. 

As  a leader  of  the  bar  of  this  State,  and  the  representative  of 
many  of  the  largest  banking  and  financial  institutions  in  the  country, 
especially  in  the  examination  of  special  assessment  securities,  his 
generous  endorsement  of  this  work,  lends  much  to  its  value  and  great 
assurances  of  merit.  He  is  an  acknowledged  authority  on  the  subject. 

Mr.  Oakley  writes  as  follows: 


WOOD  & OAKLEY, 
Chicago. 


Will  P.  Blair,  Esq., 

Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Dear  Sir:  — 

I have  had  the  privilege  of  examining  the  advance  sheets  of  the 
volume  containing  forms  of  procedure  under  the  Local  Improvement 
Act  of  Illinois,  prepared  for  your  Association  by  A.  H.  Baer,  Esq.,  of 
Belleville. 

Your  idea  of  putting  such  a book  into  the  hands  of  officials  charged 
wPh  the  administration  of  the  Special  Assessment  Law  is  wise  and 
timely;  and  Mr.  Baer  has  been  most  happy  in  his  recommendations. 

Many  of  the  forms  he  offers  are  manifestly  original  with  him. 
His  Court  Orders  and  his  Board  Records  (with  their  respective  recit- 
als of  jurisdiction)  are  particularly  clear  and  complete,  and  are  in 
every  way  admirable. 

Your  little  volume  will  be  of  great  value  to  the  municipalities  of 
the  state;  and  I beg  to  congratulate  you  and  Mr.  Baer  upon  so  com- 
plete and  trustworthy  a manual. 

Yours  truly, 


Chicago,  March  3,  1908. 


HORACE  S.  OAKLEY. 


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INDEX. 


FormNo.  Page. 

Petition  of  abutting  property  owners  for  paving  roadway. . . 1 3 

Authority  of  Board  of  Directors  signing  petition — Roadway  2 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sign  petition  for  paving  3 4 

Power  of  attorney  to  sign  petition  for  sewer  4 5 

Ordinance  designating  members  of  City  Council  as  members 

of  Board  5 6 

Ordinance  creating  office  of  Public  Engineer 6 6 

Ordinance  creating  office  of  Superintendent  of  Streets 7 9 

Resolution  of  Board  originating  scheme — paving  8 11 

Resolution  of  Board  originating  scheme — sewer  9 12 

Estimate  of  cost  to  Board 10  13 

Minutes  of  Board  adopting  resolution  11  15 

Notice  for  public  hearing  12  16 

Affidavit  of  mailing  notices  for  public  hearing  13  17 

Resolution  of  Board  adhering  to  proposed  scheme  14  18 

Resolution  of  Board  abandoning  scheme  15  19 

Resolution  of  Board  changing,  altering,  etc.,  proposed 

scheme 16  19 

Resolution  of  Board  where  change  increased  estimated 

cost  20  per  cent 17  20 

Resolution  of  Board  adhering  after  “further  public  hearing”  18  21 

Minutes  of  meeting  of  Board — Public  hearing  19  22 

Estimate  of  cost  to  City  Council  20  23 

Meeting  of  Board  approving  estimate  21  24 

Recommendation  of  Board  to  City  Council  22  24 

Ordinance  providing  for  brick  paving  of  roadway 23  25 

Ordinance  containing  Specifications  No.  1,  National  Paving 

Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  23a  28 

Ordinance  containing  Specifications  No.  2,  National  Paving 

Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  23b  34 

Ordinance  containing  Specifications  No.  3,  National  Paving 

Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  23c  38 

Ordinance  containing  Specifications  No.  4,  National  Paving 

Brick  Manufacturers’  Association  23d  42 

Ordinance  providing  for  pipe  sewer  24  47 


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Form  No.  Page. 

Ordinance  providing  for  water  mains  25  49 

Ordinance  providing  for  sidewalks  26  50 

Ordinance  supplementary  authorizing  division  into  install- 
ments   27  51 

Ordinance  for  improvement — special  assessment  28  52 

Ordinance,  special  assessment,  street  and  alley  intersections 

as  public  benefits  29  53 

Ordinance,  special  assessment,  certain  portion  as  public 

benefits  30  54 

Ordinance  for  entire  cost  by  special  taxation  31  55 

Ordinance  for  improvement  by  special  taxation,  part  as 

public  benefits  32  56 

Ordinance  for  improvement  by  special  taxation,  street  and 

alley  intersections  as  public  benefits 33  57 

Ordinance  providing  that  assessment  against  property  only 

be  divided  into  installments  34  58 

Ordinance  providing  that  assessment  against  property  and 

municipality  be  divided  into  installments  35  58 

Ordinance  providing  for  payment  by  special  assessment  or 

special  taxation,  no  installments  36  59 

Petition  for  assessment  38  59 

City  Clerk’s  certificate  to  ordinance  39  60 

City  Clerk’s  certificate  to  recommendation  40  61 

City  Clerk’s  certificate  to  estimate  41  62 

City  Clerk’s  certificate  for  all  documents  filed  42  63 

City  Clerk’s  certificate  to  ordinance  where  Mayor  did  not 

approve  43  64 

Appointment  of  Assessor  by  President  of  Board  44  65 

Oath  of  office  of  appointee 45  65 

Petition  for  condemnation  and  assessment  46  66 

Order  of  Court  upon  petition  for  condemnation  47  68 

Oath  of  Commissioners — condemnation  48  69 

Notice  of  passage  of  ordinance  49  70 

Affidavit  of  mailing  notices  of  passage  of  ordinance 50  70 

Order  of  Court  on  petition  for  special  assessment 51  71 

Report — assessment  roll  52  72 

Assessment  roll  53  74 

Assessment  roll — another  form 54  75 

Affidavit  and  certificate  of  Assessor  55  76 

Certificate  of  assessment  56  78 


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Form  No.  Page. 

Certificate  of  Assessor  under  oath  57  80 

Affidavit  of  compliance  with  Section  41  58  81 

Special  assessment  notice — installments,  posting,  pub- 
lishing   59  82 

Special  assessment  notice — no  installments,  posting,  pub- 
lishing   60  82 

Special  assessment  notice — mailing  61  83 

Affidavit  of  posting  notices  62  84 

Certificate  of  publication  63  85 

Affidavit  of  mailing  notices 64  86 

Affidavit  of  Assessor,  and  mailing  notices  65  87 

Commissioner’  report  and  roll — condemnation  66  88 

Commissioners’  assessment  roll — condemnation  67  90 

Commissioners’  certificate — condemnation  68  PI 

Affidavit  of  ownership — condemnation  69  92 

Order  of  Court  for  publication — condemnation  70  94 

Notice  by  publication — condemnation  71  96 

Affidavit  of  mailing  notices  to  parties  assessed — condem- 
nation   72  98 

Affidavit  of  mailing  and  posting  to  non-residents — condem- 
nation   73  99 

Certificate  of  publication — condemnation  74  101 

Agreement  to  apportion  interests,  directed  to  Assessor 75  102 

Petition  to  apportion  interests,  directed  to  Court 76  103 

Request  of  owners  to  divide  land,  directed  to  Assessor 77  103 

Petition  of  owners  to  divide  land,  directed  to  Court 78  104 

Objections  to  assessment  proceeding  79  105 

Waiver  of  trial  by  jury 80  106 

Order  of  Court  of  confirmation — no  objections  81  106 

Order  of  Court  of  confirmation — no  objections,  short  form..  82  109 

Resolution  of  Board  designating  newspaper,  for  bids  83  111 

Resolution  to  advertise  for  bids  84  111 

Notice  of  proposal  for  bids  85  111 

Instructions  to  bidders  86  113 

Contractor’s  proposal  for  improvement 87  115 

Contract  for  improvement  88  116 

Contractor’s  bond  89  121 

General  order  of  Board  designating  newspaper  90  124 

Notice  of  award  91  125 

First  voucher  on  account  of  work  done  92  125 


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Form  No.  Page. 


Voucher  redeemable  in  bonds  93  126 

Voucher  payable  in  money  from  sale  of  bonds  94  127 

First  voucher  certificate  95  128 

Engineer’s  report  of  final  completion  96  128 

Application  of  Board  on  completion  and  acceptance  97  129 

Certificate  of  completion  and  acceptance  when  assessment 

does  not  exceed  cost  98  130 

Certificate  of  completion  and  acceptance  when  assessment 

exceeds  cost 99  131 

Order  of  Court  on  presentation  of  certificate,  etc 100  132 

Order  of  Court  confirming  application,  etc. — no  objections — 

no  rebate  101  133 

Order  of  Court  confirming  application,  etc. — objections — no 

rebate  102  135 

Order  of  Court  confirming  application,  etc. — no  objections — 

a rebate 103  138 

Order  of  Court  confirming  application — a rebate — after  cer- 
tified for  collection  . 104  140 

Warrant — placita  for  certificate  105  143 

Warrant — certificate  of  Clerk  to  assessment  roll,  etc 106  144 

Warrant — to  collector 107  144 


